Table 2 Incidence of viral reactivation in sepsis patients analysed by targeted metagenomics.

From: Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in sepsis due to community-acquired pneumonia is associated with increased morbidity and an immunosuppressed host transcriptomic endotype

Other reactivated virus

None

Herpes simplex virus

Cytomegalovirus

Human herpes virus 6

JC virus

Epstein-Barr Virus negative (n = 438)

422 (74%)

5 (0.9%)

1 (0.2%)

8 (1.4%)

2 (0.3%)

Epstein-Barr Virus positive (n = 135)

129 (23%)

4 (0.7%)

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.2%)

  1. A total of 573 patients were analysed. Six patients demonstrated coreactivation with Epstein-Barr Virus and a second virus.
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