• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Viral and atypical bacterial aetiologies of infection in hospitalised patients admitted with clinical suspicion of influenza in Thailand, Vietnam and

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2015 May 16. doi: 10.1111/irv.12326. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Viral and atypical bacterial aetiologies of infection in hospitalised patients admitted with clinical suspicion of influenza in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.[/h] Wertheim HF[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Nadjm B[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Thomas S[SUP]1[/SUP], Agustiningsih A[SUP]3[/SUP], Malik S[SUP]3[/SUP], Diep NN[SUP]1[/SUP], Vu TV[SUP]1[/SUP], Kinh NV[SUP]4[/SUP], Chau NV[SUP]5[/SUP], Liem NT[SUP]6[/SUP], Sinh TT[SUP]6[/SUP], Thuy BT[SUP]6[/SUP], Trung NV[SUP]4[/SUP], Hien TT[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Uyen NH[SUP]1[/SUP], Taylor W[SUP]7[/SUP], Khanh TH[SUP]8[/SUP], Tuan HM[SUP]9[/SUP], Chokephaibulkit K[SUP]10[/SUP], Farrar J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Wolbers M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], de Jong MD[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]11[/SUP], van Doorn HR[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Puthavathana P[SUP]10[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Influenza constitutes a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is limited information about the etiology of infection presenting clinically as influenza in hospitalized adults and children in Southeast Asia. Such data are important for future management of respiratory infections.
[h=4]OBJECTIVES:[/h] To describe the etiology of infection presenting clinically as influenza in those hospitalized in Southeast Asia METHODS: Respiratory specimens archived from July 2008 to June 2009 from patients hospitalised with suspected influenza from (Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam were tested for respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria by polymerase chain reaction.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] A total of 1222 patients' samples were tested. 776/1222 (63.5%) patients were under the age of 5. Viruses detected included rhinoviruses in 229/1222 patients (18.7%), bocaviruses in 200/1222 (16.4%), respiratory syncytial viruses in 144 (11.8%), parainfluenzaviruses in 140 (11.5%; PIV1: 32; PIV2: 12; PIV3: 71;PIV4: 25), adenovirus in 102 (8.4%), influenza viruses in 93 (7.6%; influenza A: 77; influenza B: 16), coronaviruses in 23 (1.8%; OC43: 14; E229: 9). Bacterial pathogens were: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (n=33, 2.7%), Chlamydophila psittaci (n=2), C. pneumoniae (n=1), Bordetella pertussis (n=1), and Legionella pneumophila (n=2). Overall in-hospital case fatality rate was 29/1222 (2.4%).
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Respiratory viruses were the most commonly detected pathogens in patients hospitalized with a clinical suspicion of influenza. Rhinovirus was the most frequently detected virus, and M. pneumoniae the most common atypical bacterium. The low number of detected influenza viruses demonstrate a low benefit for empirical oseltamivir therapy, unless during an influenza outbreak. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] RSV ; Hospitalization; Influenza; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Respiratory Tract Infections; Rhinovirus

PMID: 25980749 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
Back
Top Bottom