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Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010 May 17;45(7):734-736. [Epub ahead of print]
An unusual cause of fever in a neonate: Influenza A (H1N1) virus pneumonia.
Sert A, Yazar A, Odabas D, Bilgin H.
Department of Pediatrics, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Abstract
The 2009 flu outbreak in humans, known as H1N1 influenza A, refers to influenza A due to a new H1N1 strain called swine-origin influenza virus A. The signs and symptoms of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are similar to those of seasonal influenza, and specific diagnostic testing is required to distinguish novel influenza A (H1N1) virus from seasonal influenza virus. It results in various degrees of infection, ranging from mild to severe to fatal. For the treatment of swine-origin influenza virus A oseltamivir and zanamivir are effective in most cases. Influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia in the newborn has not been yet reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a neonate of pneumonia in which influenza A (H1N1) virus was isolated. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010; 45:734-736. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PMID: 20575093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20575093
An unusual cause of fever in a neonate: Influenza A (H1N1) virus pneumonia.
Sert A, Yazar A, Odabas D, Bilgin H.
Department of Pediatrics, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Abstract
The 2009 flu outbreak in humans, known as H1N1 influenza A, refers to influenza A due to a new H1N1 strain called swine-origin influenza virus A. The signs and symptoms of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are similar to those of seasonal influenza, and specific diagnostic testing is required to distinguish novel influenza A (H1N1) virus from seasonal influenza virus. It results in various degrees of infection, ranging from mild to severe to fatal. For the treatment of swine-origin influenza virus A oseltamivir and zanamivir are effective in most cases. Influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia in the newborn has not been yet reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a neonate of pneumonia in which influenza A (H1N1) virus was isolated. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010; 45:734-736. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PMID: 20575093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20575093