Pandemic flu: a comparative evaluation of clinical, laboratory, and radiographic findings in HIV-positive and negative children

AIDS
Antonietta GiannattasioAlfredo Guarino

Abstract

Eleven HIV-infected and 30 otherwise healthy children hospitalized for H1N1 influenza were studied. Leukopenia was recorded in 64% of HIV-infected and in 20% of healthy children (P = 0.01). Chest radiograph was abnormal in 18 (46%) children. Interstitial pneumonia was more frequent in HIV-positive children and consolidation was more frequent in HIV-negative children. Although the duration of symptoms and hospital stay was significantly longer in HIV-negative than in HIV-positive children, only 37% of HIV-negative children and 91% of HIV-positive received oseltamivir. The H1N1 influenza attack rate was very high (20%) in HIV-infected children, but it consistently ran a mild course.

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Dec 21, 2011·Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases·Curtis L Cooper
Apr 24, 2014·Italian Journal of Pediatrics·Antonietta GiannattasioAlfredo Guarino
Aug 17, 2010·The Journal of Infection·Florante IsaisAngela Chow
Sep 7, 2011·Vaccine·Wanatpreeya PhongsamartKulkanya Chokephaibulkit
Jun 3, 2014·International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health·Mathias B Forrester
Jun 2, 2016·The Clinical Respiratory Journal·Antonietta GiannattasioAndrea Bianco
Jul 14, 2017·Pneumonia·Helena Rabie, Pierre Goussard

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