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

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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%) were under the age of 5. Viruses detected included rhinoviruses in 229 of 1222 patients (18·7%), bocaviruses in 200 (16·4%), respiratory syncytial viruses in 144 (11·8%), parainfluenza viruses in 140 (11·5%; PIV1: 32; PIV2: 12; PIV3: 71; PIV4: 25), adenovirus in 102 (8·4%), influenza viruses in 93 (7·6%; influenza A: 77; influenza B: 16) and coronaviruses in 23 (1·8%; OC43: 14; E229: 9). Bacterial pathogens were Mycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 33, 2·7%), Chlamydophila psittaci (n = 2), C. pneumoniae (n = 1), Bordetella pertussis (n = 1) and Legionella pneumophila (n = 2). Overall, in-hospital case fatality rate was 29 of 1222 (2·4%).

CONCLUSION: Respiratory viruses were the most commonly detected pathogens in patients hospitalised with a clinical suspicion of influenza. Rhinovirus was the most frequently detected virus, and M. pneumoniae, the most common atypical bacterium. The low number of detected influenza viruses demonstrates a low benefit for empirical oseltamivir therapy, unless during an influenza outbreak.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 9(2015), 6 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 315-322

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wertheim, Heiman F L [VerfasserIn]
Nadjm, Behzad [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Sherine [VerfasserIn]
Agustiningsih [VerfasserIn]
Malik, Suhud [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Diep Ngoc Thi [VerfasserIn]
Vu, Dung Viet Tien [VerfasserIn]
Van Nguyen, Kinh [VerfasserIn]
Van Nguyen, Chau Vinh [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Liem Thanh [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Sinh Thi [VerfasserIn]
Phung, Thuy Bich Thi [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Trung Vu [VerfasserIn]
Hien, Tran Tinh [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Uyen Hanh [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Truong, Khanh Huu [VerfasserIn]
Ha, Tuan Manh [VerfasserIn]
Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya [VerfasserIn]
Farrar, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Wolbers, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
de Jong, Menno D [VerfasserIn]
van Doorn, H Rogier [VerfasserIn]
Puthavathana, Pilaipan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hospitalisation
Influenza
Journal Article
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
RSV
Respiratory tract infections
Rhinovirus

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Date Revised 28.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/irv.12326

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NLM249076764