RESUMO

This report describes the clinical features and outcome of 61 pediatric hospitalized patients with influenza-like infection. Fever, cough and respiratory distress were the most common symptoms of the infection. Fifteen patients presented positive RT-PCR results for influenza A (H1N1). The group with positive results was compared with the negative one. The main significant difference was antibiotic usage and the need of mechanical ventilation in the patients with H1N1-virus infection. Among the 11 patients who required intensive care due to respiratory failure, 3 from the positive group died and none from the negative group.

Assuntos

Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1/isolamento & purificação , Influenza Humana , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Antivirais/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cuidados Críticos , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Influenza Humana/diagnóstico , Influenza Humana/mortalidade , Influenza Humana/terapia , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Oseltamivir/uso terapêutico , Respiração Artificial , Infecções Respiratórias/diagnóstico , Infecções Respiratórias/mortalidade , Infecções Respiratórias/terapia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Resultado do Tratamento