J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
. 2021 Oct 13;piab096.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab096. Online ahead of print.
Clinical Influenza Testing Practices in Hospitalized Children at United States Medical Centers, 2015-2018
Mark W Tenforde 1 , Angela P Campbell 1 , Marian G Michaels 2 , Christopher J Harrison 3 , Eileen J Klein 4 , Janet A Englund 4 , Rangaraj Selvarangan 3 , Natasha B Halasa 5 , Laura S Stewart 5 , Geoffrey A Weinberg 6 , John V Williams 2 , Peter G Szilagyi 7 , Mary A Staat 8 , Julie A Boom 9 10 , Leila C Sahni 9 10 , Monica N Singer 11 , Parvin H Azimi 11 , Richard K Zimmerman 12 , Monica M McNeal 13 , H Keipp Talbot 5 , Arnold S Monto 14 , Emily T Martin 14 , Manjusha Gaglani 15 , Fernanda P Silveira 12 , Donald B Middleton 12 , Jill M Ferdinands 1 , Melissa A Rolfes 1
Affiliations
- PMID: 34643241
- DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab096
Abstract
At nine US hospitals that enrolled children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness (ARI) during 2015-2016 through 2017-2018 influenza seasons, 50% of children with ARI received clinician-initiated testing for influenza and 35% of cases went undiagnosed due to lack of clinician-initiated testing. Marked heterogeneity in testing practice was observed across sites.
Keywords: RT-PCR; antigen test; hospitalized; influenza; testing.