Burden, Etiology, and Risk Factors of Respiratory Virus Infections Among Symptomatic Preterm Infants in the Tropics: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background:The burden of respiratory viral infections (RVIs) among preterm infants in the first few years of life, especially those living in the tropics with year-long transmissions of respiratory viruses, remains unknown. We aimed to describe the clinical epidemiology and associated risk factors for RVIs among symptomatic preterm infants ≤32 weeks up to 2 years of life. Methods:We performed a data linkage analysis of clinical and hospital laboratory databases for preterm infants born at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, from 2005 to 2015. RVI episodes during initial admission and subsequent hospital readmissions were included. Results:Of 1854 infants in the study, 270 (14.5%) infants were diagnosed with at least 1 RVI. A total of 285 (85.3%) episodes were diagnosed postdisch

SUBMITTER: Yeo KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7108101 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature