Unexpected severity of cases of influenza B infection in patients that required hospitalization during the first postpandemic wave - 09/10/12
, E. Cordero a, b, ⁎ 
Corresponding authors. Unit of Infectious Disease, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Avda Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain. Tel.: +34 955013281; fax: +34 955013292.Summary |
Objectives |
After the last pandemic the knowledge regarding influenza A infection has improved however, the outcomes of influenza B infection remain poorly studied. The aim of this study was to compare the features of influenza B versus influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infections during the 2010–2011 epidemic-season.
Methods |
A prospective, observational-cohort of adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection during the 2010–2011 epidemic-season was studied
Results |
Fifty cases of influenza B and 80 of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection were enrolled. Among patients with influenza B, the median age was 34 years-old (23–64), 30% pregnant, 24% obese, 34% transplant recipients and 14% with bacterial co-infection. Twenty-eight percent of patients had pneumonia with alveolar localized pattern and five (10%) died. Pneumonia was associated with delayed antiviral therapy, older age, higher Charlson score, invasive mechanical ventilation and bacterial co-infection. Obesity and pregnancy were not associated with complicated influenza B infection. The proportion of pneumonia, admission to the ICU and mortality did not differ between cases of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B infection.
Conclusions |
Influenza B infection causes severe infection and it is associated with pneumonia or death, similar to influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection. Rapid diagnosis and early antiviral therapy are necessary for managing influenza pneumonia during epidemic periods.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Influenza B, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Pneumonia, Clinical outcomes, Mortality
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Vol 65 - N° 5
P. 423-430 - novembre 2012 Retour au numéro
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