Data di Pubblicazione:
2013
Citazione:
Influenza C virus-associated community-acquired pneumonia in children / N. Principi, A. Scala, C. Daleno, S. Esposito. - In: INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. - ISSN 1750-2640. - 7:6(2013), pp. 999-1003. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract:
To evaluate the impact of influenza C (ICV) infection in children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), all of the children consecutively seen during 4 influenza seasons with respiratory symptoms and radiographically confirmed CAP were prospectively evaluated. ICV was identified in the respiratory secretions of five of 391 patients (1·3%). In children with ICV-associated CAP, clinical data were similar to those observed in children with IAV-associated CAP and worse than those observed in children with IBV-associated. The phylogenetic tree showed that the sequenced strains clustered in two of the six ICV lineages. These findings highlight that ICV can be a cause of CAP of children and that this can be severe enough to require hospitalization
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Children; Community-acquired pneumonia; Influenza; Influenza C; Influenza C virus
Elenco autori:
N. Principi, A. Scala, C. Daleno, S. Esposito
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