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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 8;3(1)
fw023. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw023. eCollection 2016.
[h=1]Relationship Between Upper Respiratory Tract Influenza Test Result and Clinical Outcomes Among Critically Ill Influenza Patients.[/h] Reddy KP[SUP]1[/SUP], Bajwa EK[SUP]2[/SUP], Parker RA[SUP]3[/SUP], Onderdonk AB[SUP]4[/SUP], Walensky RP[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Among critically ill patients with lower respiratory tract (LRT)-confirmed influenza, we retrospectively observed worse 28-day clinical outcomes in upper respiratory tract (URT)-negative versus URT-positive subjects. This finding may reflect disease progression and highlights the need for influenza testing of both URT and LRT specimens to improve diagnostic yield and possibly inform prognosis.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] critically ill; influenza diagnosis; lower respiratory tract; upper respiratory tract
PMID: 26966696 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4784015 Free PMC Article
fw023. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw023. eCollection 2016.[h=1]Relationship Between Upper Respiratory Tract Influenza Test Result and Clinical Outcomes Among Critically Ill Influenza Patients.[/h] Reddy KP[SUP]1[/SUP], Bajwa EK[SUP]2[/SUP], Parker RA[SUP]3[/SUP], Onderdonk AB[SUP]4[/SUP], Walensky RP[SUP]5[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Among critically ill patients with lower respiratory tract (LRT)-confirmed influenza, we retrospectively observed worse 28-day clinical outcomes in upper respiratory tract (URT)-negative versus URT-positive subjects. This finding may reflect disease progression and highlights the need for influenza testing of both URT and LRT specimens to improve diagnostic yield and possibly inform prognosis.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] critically ill; influenza diagnosis; lower respiratory tract; upper respiratory tract
PMID: 26966696 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4784015 Free PMC Article