Antiviral treatment among older adults hospitalized with influenza, 2006-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe antiviral use among older, hospitalized adults during six influenza seasons (2006-2012) in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

Methods

Among adults ≥50 years old hospitalized with symptoms of respiratory illness or non-localizing fever, we collected information on provider-initiated influenza testing and nasal/throat swabs for influenza by RT-PCR in a research laboratory, and calculated the proportion treated with antivirals.

Results

We enrolled 1753 adults hospitalized with acute respiratory illness. Only 26% (457/1753) of enrolled patients had provider-initiated influenza testing. Thirty-eight patients had a positive clinical laboratory test, representing 2.2% of total patients and 8.3% of tested patients. Among the 38 subjects with clinical labor

SUBMITTER: Lindegren ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373943 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature