“…All samples were tested using real‐time PCR for the presence of respiratory viruses and bacteria including adenovirus (AdV), human bocavirus (hBoV), KI‐ and WU polyomaviruses (KIPyV and WUPyV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV), human rhinovirus (HRV), human coronaviruses (HCoV) (OC43, NL63, HKU and 229E), parainfluenza viruses (PIV), 1–4 influenza viruses A and B (InfA, InfB), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae , Chlamydophila psittaci, Chlamydophila pneumoniae , Coxiella burnetii and Streptococcus pneumoniae . Real‐time PCR procedures were performed as described in reference 16–22. Briefly, nucleic acids were extracted from the throat swabs with the MagNa pure LC using the total nucleic acid isolation kit system according to the manufacturer’s protocol (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland).…”