Clinical characteristics and outcome of respiratory syncytial virus infection among adults hospitalized with influenza-like illness in France.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to analyse characteristics and outcome of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults hospitalized with influenza-like illness (ILI).

Methods

Patients hospitalized with ILI were included in this prospective, multicentre study carried out in six French hospitals during three consecutive influenza seasons (2012-2015). RSV and other respiratory viruses were detected by multiplex PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs. Risk factors for RSV infection were identified by backward stepwise logistic regression analysis.

Results

A total of 1452 patients hospitalized with ILI were included, of whom 59% (861/1452) were >65 years and 83% (1211/1452) had underlying chronic illnesses. RSV was detected in 4% (59/1452), and influenza virus in 39% (5

SUBMITTER: Loubet P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7128342 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature