1. Is there a clinical difference between influenza A and B virus infections in hospitalized patients?
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Erich Pawelka, Iulia Niculescu, Christoph Wenisch, Birte Schrader, Hermann Laferl, Caroline Kaczmarek, Simon Daller, Alexander Zoufaly, Mario Karolyi, and Christian Stütz
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Flu ,Hospitalized patients ,Point-of-care testing ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,POCT ,Virus ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,Elderly ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,law ,Respiratory infection ,Internal medicine ,Influenza, Human ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Seasonal ,business.industry ,Influenza a ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Influenza B virus ,Influenza A virus ,Point-of-Care Testing ,Vomiting ,Female ,Original Article ,medicine.symptom ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,business ,Kidney disease - Abstract
Summary Purpose The clinical presentation, complications and mortality in molecularly confirmed influenza A and B infections were analyzed. Methods This retrospective observational single-centre study included all influenza positive patients older than 18 years who were hospitalized and treated at the flu isolation ward during 2017/2018. The diagnosis was based on point-of-care tests with the AlereTM. Results Of the 396 patients tested positive for influenza, 24.2% had influenza A and 75.8% influenza B. Influenza A patients were younger (median age 67.5 years vs. 77 years, p
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- 2019