Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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Volume 17, Number 8?August 2011
Dispatch
Predictors of Pneumococcal Co-infection for Patients with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Mar Masi?, Sergio Padilla, Pedro Antequera, Jos? Manuel Ramos, Montserrat Ruiz, and F?lix Guti?rrez
Author affiliations: Hospital Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain (M. Masi?, S. Padilla, J.M. Ramos, M. Ruiz, F. Guti?rrez); University Miguel Hern?ndez, Elche (F. Guti?rrez); and Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, Spain (P. Antequera)
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Abstract
We conducted a systematic investigation of pneumococcal co-infection in patients with a diagnosis of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and any risk factor for complications or with severity criteria. We found 14% prevalence, with one third of patients having nonpneumonic infections. A severity assessment score >1 and high C-reactive protein levels were predictors of pneumococcal co-infection.
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Predictors of Pneumococcal Co-infection for Patients with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Mar Masi?, Sergio Padilla, Pedro Antequera, Jos? Manuel Ramos, Montserrat Ruiz, and F?lix Guti?rrez
Author affiliations: Hospital Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain (M. Masi?, S. Padilla, J.M. Ramos, M. Ruiz, F. Guti?rrez); University Miguel Hern?ndez, Elche (F. Guti?rrez); and Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, Spain (P. Antequera)
Suggested citation for this article
Abstract
We conducted a systematic investigation of pneumococcal co-infection in patients with a diagnosis of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and any risk factor for complications or with severity criteria. We found 14% prevalence, with one third of patients having nonpneumonic infections. A severity assessment score >1 and high C-reactive protein levels were predictors of pneumococcal co-infection.
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