Croup-Associated Virus Infection in Adults

Abstract

IN 1955 Chanock¹ and Beale et al.² independently recovered a new myxovirus from infants with acute laryngotracheobronchitis. Chanock proposed the name "croup associated" for this virus. ¹ ¶ The clinical importance of this virus has not been fully established since in recent years it has been isolated only infrequently and sporadically from patients with respiratory-tract disease.^{4 5 6} Existing information indicates, however, that infections occur in children with a variety of respiratory syndromes, the most severe of which is croup.^{6 7 8} This report records the isolation of croup-associated virus on the Isthmus of Panama from 2 adults with febrile systemic illnesses. Evidence that infection occurred . . .