Viral and atypical bacterial aetiologies of infection in hospitalised patients admitted with clinical suspicion of influenza in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza constitutes a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is limited information about the aetiology of infection presenting clinically as influenza in hospitalised adults and children in South-East Asia. Such data are important for future management of respiratory infections.

Objectives

To describe the aetiology of infection presenting clinically as influenza in those hospitalised in South-East Asia.

Methods

Respiratory specimens archived from July 2008 to June 2009 from patients hospitalised with suspected influenza from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam were tested for respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria by polymerase chain reaction.

Results

A total of 1222 patients' samples were tested. Of 1222, 776 patients (63·5%) we

SUBMITTER: Wertheim HFL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4605413 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature