RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN IN A DESERT COUNTRY
| Autor: | Alexander Pacsa, el Shazli A, Abd el-Salam R, F. El-Gharbawy, Eisa S, Z. Hijazi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Microbiology (medical) Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections chemistry.chemical_compound Age Distribution Case fatality rate Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Sex Distribution Child education Respiratory Tract Infections Asthma education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Ribavirin Incidence (epidemiology) Respiratory disease Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Survival Rate Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Kuwait chemistry Child Preschool Respiratory Syncytial Virus Human Croup Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Seasons business |
| Zdroj: | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 14:322-323 |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00006454-199504000-00016 |
| Popis: | The role of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in acute lower respiratory infection in infants and young children in Kuwait was investigated in a prospective study. Of the 523 children under 13 years of age admitted to Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital between August 1993 and June 1994 209 (40%) had RSV infection. 170 (81%) of these children had no underlying symptoms 25 (12%) had asthma 6 (3%) had neurologic diseases 3 (1.4%) had congenital heart disease and 2 (1%) were preterm. The median age of RSV-positive children was 7.2 months. 89% of RSV cases occurred during the winter months. Acute bronchiolitis was the most frequent clinical feature followed by pneumonia and croup. The median duration of hospitalization was 6 days. In most cases treatment was supportive (e.g. oxygen administration in 90% and intravenous fluids in 65%); 30% of children received antibiotics. There were 3 deaths in this series for a case fatality rate of 1.4%. The 3 children who died had underlying conditions and were not treated with ribavirin. |
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