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J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc . Clinical Influenza Testing Practices in Hospitalized Children at United States Medical Centers, 2015-2018

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Editor, Senior Moderator
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[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Angela P Campbell[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marian G Michaels[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Christopher J Harrison[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eileen J Klein[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Janet A Englund[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Rangaraj Selvarangan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Natasha B Halasa[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Laura S Stewart[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Geoffrey A Weinberg[SUP] 6 [/SUP], John V Williams[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Peter G Szilagyi[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Mary A Staat[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Julie A Boom[SUP] 9 10 [/SUP], Leila C Sahni[SUP] 9 10 [/SUP], Monica N Singer[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Parvin H Azimi[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Richard K Zimmerman[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Monica M McNeal[SUP] 13 [/SUP], H Keipp Talbot[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Arnold S Monto[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Emily T Martin[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Manjusha Gaglani[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Fernanda P Silveira[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Donald B Middleton[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Jill M Ferdinands[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Melissa A Rolfes[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



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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.
 
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