Incidence and characteristics of nosocomial influenza in a country with low vaccine coverage.

The Journal of Hospital Infection
D Luque-PazP Tattevin

Abstract

Influenza vaccination coverage is low in France, in at-risk patients and in healthcare workers. We aimed to estimate the incidence of nosocomial influenza, its characteristics and outcome. During one influenza season, we retrospectively evaluated all cases of documented influenza. Inpatients with symptoms onset ≥48 h after admission were enrolled. Data were collected on a standardized questionnaire. From November 2017 to April 2018, 860 patients tested positive for influenza by polymerase chain reaction analysis on a respiratory sample. Among them, 204 (23.7%) were diagnosed ≥48 h after admission, of whom 57 (6.6% of all influenza cases) fulfilled inclusion criteria for nosocomial influenza: 26 women and 31 men, median age 82 years (interquartile range, 72.2-86.9). Twenty patients (38.6%) had recently (<6 months) received the seasonal influenza vaccine. Median time between admission and symptoms onset, and between symptoms onset and diagnosis were, respectively, 11 days (7-19.5) and 29 h (15.5-48). Influenza was mostly acquired in a double-bedded room (N = 39, 68.4%), with documented exposure in 14 cases. Influenza B virus was more common in nosocomial (46/57, 80.7%), than in community-acquired cases (359/803, 44.6%), P<0.001. ...Continue Reading

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