Clinical relevance of and risk factors for HSV-related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia: results of an outbreak investigation

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with herpes simplex virus type 1 detection in respiratory specimens

Cluster Patient/Isolate	Gender	Age (years)	Underlying disease	Surgical procedure	Herpes simplex virus-associated infection
C1	Female	81	Aortic stenosis	Replacement of the aortic valve by biological graft	Pneumonia, haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C2	Male	74	Infection of the aortic Y-prosthesis	Replacement of the aorta	Haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C3	Female	18	Cystic fibrosis	Lung transplantation	-
C4	Male	78	Coronary heart disease	Coronary artery bypass graft	Haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C5	Male	61	Coronary heart disease	Coronary artery bypass graft	Pneumonia, haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C6	Male	51	Coronary heart disease	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation implantation	Haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C7	Male	67	Covered rupture of an aortic aneurysm	Replacement of the aorta	Pneumonia, haemorrhagic tracheobronchitis
C8	Male	77	Coronary heart disease	Coronary artery bypass graft	Pneumonia

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