Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: a prospective cohort study
Bryant, PA, Tebruegge, M., Papadakis , G, Clarke, C, Barnett, P, Daley, AJ, South , M and Curtis, N (2010) Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: a prospective cohort study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29, (8), 694-698. (doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de4b9c). (PMID:20458257).
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Description/Abstract
Background: Novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) infection in the context of other respiratory viruses circulating in winter has not been studied.
Methods: Clinical and microbiologic data were collected prospectively from 444 consecutive patients presenting with an influenza-like illness (ILI) to a large pediatric hospital at the beginning of the S-OIV outbreak in Australia.
Results: Of 444 patients, 119 had polymerase chain reaction-confirmed S-OIV. Influenza A virus was detected by direct immunofluorescence in only 69 of these. Overall, inadequate respiratory samples were more common with rayon than flocked swabs (P = 0.01). The mean age of patients with S-OIV was higher than those with another cause of an ILI (10.2 vs. 6.4 years; P < 0.0001). The commonest symptoms in S-OIV were fever (93%) and cough (92%), followed by coryza (78%), sore throat (72%), headache (59%), myalgia (49%), vomiting (23%), and diarrhea (16%). Clinical features did not discriminate between patients with S-OIV and those with another ILI, except headache and myalgia, which were more common in children younger than 5 years who had S-OIV than those who did not (headache: P < 0.0001; myalgia: P = 0.0004). More patients with S-OIV had contact with a confirmed case but contact history had insufficient positive predictive value (44%) and negative predictive value (78%) for identifying S-OIV. Only 2% of the patients had a history of travel, and only 1 of these had S-OIV.
Conclusions: A clinical case definition is unlikely to be useful for discriminating patients with S-OIV from those with another cause of an ILI during winter. Direct immunofluorescence for influenza A cannot be used alone to reliably detect S-OIV.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| ISSNs: | 0891-3668 (print) 1532-0987 (electronic) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Item ID: | 337626 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2012 12:47 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2012 04:06 |
| Contributors: | Bryant, PA (Author) Tebruegge, M. (Author) Papadakis , G (Author) Clarke, C (Author) Barnett, P (Author) Daley, AJ (Author) South , M (Author) Curtis, N (Author) |
| Date: | August 2010 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/337626 |
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