1. An unusual cause of fever in a neonate: Influenza A (H1N1) virus pneumonia
- Author
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Abdullah Yazar, Dursun Odabaş, Ahmet Sert, and Hüseyin Bilgin
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Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Oseltamivir ,Fever ,viruses ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Orthomyxoviridae ,medicine.disease_cause ,Antiviral Agents ,Virus ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Zanamivir ,Influenza, Human ,medicine ,Influenza A virus ,Humans ,biology ,Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,virus diseases ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,respiratory tract diseases ,Pneumonia ,Treatment Outcome ,chemistry ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Immunology ,Viral disease ,Gentamicins ,business ,Transmission and infection of H5N1 ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The 2009 flu outbreak in humans, known as H1N1 influenza A, refers to influenza A due to a new H1N1 strain called swine-origin influenza virus A. The signs and symptoms of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are similar to those of seasonal influenza, and specific diagnostic testing is required to distinguish novel influenza A (H1N1) virus from seasonal influenza virus. It results in various degrees of infection, ranging from mild to severe to fatal. For the treatment of swine-origin influenza virus A oseltamivir and zanamivir are effective in most cases. Influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia in the newborn has not been yet reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a neonate of pneumonia in which influenza A (H1N1) virus was isolated. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010; 45:734–736. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 2010