Influenza News
| Jul 30, 2010 – SOURCE: DGNews | |||
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TopAbstracts in Influenza 07/29/2010 | |
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| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care | |||
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Swine influenza (H1N1) and acute appendicitis | |
| BACKGROUND: During the swine influenza (H1N1) pandemic that began in 2009, many hospitalized adults had gastrointestinal symptoms. The most common symptoms associated with swine influenza (H1N1) were nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. In the experience of the | |||
| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: DGNews | |||
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Fever Not a Reliable Indicator of Influenza (A) H1N1 Infection | |
| WASHINGTON, DC -- July 29, 2010 -- Individuals infected with mild influenza (A) H1N1 may go undetected using standard diagnostic criteria, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publicati | |||
| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | |||
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Influenza in the tropics | |
| PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Data on influenza in tropical countries remain scarce compared with that in temperate countries. However, the emergence of avian influenza virus (H5N1) and the 2009 pandemic represented a major stimulus for advances in knowledge about i | |||
| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: Drug Safety | |||
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Safety of oseltamivir in pregnancy: a review of preclinical and clinical data | |
| Pregnant women with influenza are at increased risk of morbidity, particularly due to respiratory complications. A high excess mortality rate among pregnant women has been observed in previous influenza pandemics and healthcare agencies have provided reco | |||
| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: BMC Infectious Diseases | |||
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Pneumococcal and influenza immunization in asplenic persons: a retrospective population-based cohort study 1990-2002 | |
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Splenectomy is associated with increased risk for bacteremia, due to impaired clearance of bloodborne agents and to altered phagocytosis and humoral immunity. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients at risk for splenect | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Vaccine | |||
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Clinical and immunologic predictors of influenza illness among vaccinated older adults | |
| The diagnosis of influenza is often missed in older adults and illness presentation may be modified by prior vaccination. We evaluated the symptoms and immunologic markers predicting laboratory-confirmed influenza (LCI) among vaccinated older adults. In s | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Pediatric Pulmonology | |||
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Clinical characteristics of Korean pediatric patients critically ill with influenza A (H1N1) virus | |
| BACKGROUND: Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection has persisted mainly through person-to-person transmission in schools. However, data on critically ill patients infected with H1N1 are currently limited. This study was conducted to investigate the epid | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: AIDS | |||
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Pandemic flu: a comparative evaluation of clinical, laboratory, and radiographic findings in HIV-positive and negative children | |
| 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 | |||
| Jul 26, 2010 – SOURCE: Transplant Infectious Disease | |||
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Influenza A (H1N1) virus-induced hepatocellular injury in a kidney transplant patient | |
| M. Daudé, J.M. Mansuy, J. Guitard, G. Basse, L. Esposito, J. Izopet, L. Rostaing, N. Kamar. Influenza A (H1N1) virus-induced hepatocellular injury in a kidney transplant patient. Transpl Infect Dis 2010. All rights reserved. Abstract: The swine-origin in | |||
