Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in hospitalized infants in Greece

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-61

  Tsolia, M N ^a   Kafetzis, D ^a   Danelatou, K ^a   Astra, H ^a   Kallergi, K ^b   Spyridis, P ^a   Karpathios, Th E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Epidemiology; Greece; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037247508     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022556215190     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Hall CB. Respiratory syncytial virus. In: Feigin RD, Cherry JD (eds), Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1997; 2084-2111.
2. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Reassessment of the indications for ribavirin therapy in respiratory syncytial virus. Pediatrics 1996; 97: 137-140.
3. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases and Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections: Indications for the use of palivizumab and update on the use of RSV-IVIG Pediatrics 1998; 102: 1211-1215.
4. Kattan M. Epidemiologic evidence of increased airway reactivity in children with a history of bronchiolitis. J Pediatr 1999; 135: S8-S13.
5. Lina B, Valette M, Foray S, et al. Surveillance of community acquired viral infections due to respiratory viruses in Rhone Alpes (France) during winter 1994 to 1995. J Clin Mcrobiol 1996; 34: 3007-3011.
6. Mlinaric-Galinovic G, Ugrcic I, Bozicov J. Respiratory syncytial virus infections in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. Pediatr Pulmonol 1987; 3: 304-308.
7. Dagan R, Landau D, Haikin H, Tal A. Hospitalization of Jewish and Bedouin infants in Southern Israel for bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1993; 12: 381-386.
8. Tellez A, Perez-Brena P, Fernandez-Patino MV, Leon P, Anda P, Najera R. Acute respiratory disease in Spain: Seven years of experience. Rev Infect Dis 1990; 12: 745-753.
9. Clarke SKR, Gardner PS, Poole PM, Simpson H, O'H Tobin J. Respiratory syncytial virus infection: Admissions to hospital in industrial, urban and rural areas. Report to the Medical Research Council Subcommittee on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines. Br Med J 1978; 2: 796-798.
10. Weigl JAI, Puppe W, Grondhal B, Schmitt HJ. Epidemiological investigation of nine respiratory pathogens in hospitalized children in Germany using multiplex reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000; 19: 336-343.
11. Popow-Kraupp T, Kunz C, Huber E. Respiratory virus infection in hospitalized children in Austria 1979-1982. Diagnosis by immunofluorescence. Infection 1984; 12: 185-189.
12. Kim HW, Arrobio JO, Brandt CD, et al. Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Washington DC. Importance of the virus in different respiratory disease syndromes and temporal distribution of infection. Am J Epidemiol 1973; 98: 216-255.
13. Mufson MA, Levine HD, Wasil RE, et al. Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants and children in Chicago. Am J Epidemiol 1973; 98: 88-95.
14. Kristensen K, Dahm T, Frederiksen PS, et al. Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection requiring hospitalization in East Denmark. Pediatr Infect Dis 1998; 11: 996-1000.
15. Brandenburg AH, Jeannet PY, Steensen-Moll HA, et al. Local variabiltiy in respiratory syncytial virus disease severity. Arch Dis Child 1997; 77: 410-414.
16. Behrendt CE, Decker MD, Burch DJ, Watson PH for the International study group. International variation in the management of infants hospitalized with respiratory virus infection. Eur J Pediatr 1998; 157: 215-220.
17. Gardner PS. How etiologic, pathologic and clinical diagnoses can be made in a correlated fashion. Pediatr Res 1977; 11: 254-261.
18. Roosevelt G, Sheehan K, Grupp-Phelan J, Tanz RR, Listernick R. Dexamethasone in bronchiolitis: A randomized controlled trial. Lancet 1996; 348: 292-295.
19. Avendano LF, Larranaga C, Palomino M, et al. Community-and hospital -acquired respiratory syncytial virus infections in Chile. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1991; 10: 564-568.
20. Weber MW, Dackour R, Usen S, et al. The clinical spectrum of respiratory syncytial virus disease in The Gambia. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998; 17: 224-230.
21. Johnson A-WBR, Aderele WI, Osinusi K, et al. Acute bronchiolitis in tropical Africa: A hospital-based perspective in Ibadan, Nigeria. Pediatr Pulmonol 1996; 22: 236-247.
22. Bedoya VI, Abad V, Trujillo H. Frequency of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized infants with lower acute respiratory tract infection in Colombia. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996; 15: 1223-1224.
23. Hall CB. Respiratory syncytial virus: A continuing culprit and conundrum. J Pediatr 1999; 135: S2-S7.
24. van den Hoogen BG, de Jong JC, Groen J, et al. A newly discovered human pneumovirus isolated from young children with respiratory tract disease. Nat Med 2001; 7: 719-724.
25. Takimoto S, Grandien M, Ishida MA, et al. Comparison of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, indirect immunofluorescence assay and virus isolation for detection of respiratory viruses in nasopharyngeal secretions. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29: 470-474.
26. Dominguez EA, Taber LH, Couch RB. Comparison of rapid diagnostic techniques for respiratory syncytial and influenza A virus respiratory infections in young children. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 22862290.
27. Avila M, Salomon H, Carballal G, et al. Isolation and identification of viral agents in Argentinian children with acute lower respiratory tract infection. J Infect Dis 1990; 12: S974-S981.
28. Adcock PM, Stout GC, Hauck MA, Marshall GS. Effect of rapid viral diagnosis on the management of children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997; 16: 842-846.
29. Englund J, Piedra PA, Jewell A, et al. Rapid diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infections in immunocompromised adults. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34: 16491653.
30. Simoes EAF. Respiratory syncytial virus infection. The Lancet 1999; 354: 847-852.
31. Navas L, Wang E, de Carvalho V, Robinson J and the Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network in Canada. Improved outcome of respiratory syncytial virus infection in a high risk hospitalized population of Canadian children. J Pediatr 1992; 121: 348-354.
32. Hall CB, Powell KR, Schnabel KC, et al. Risk of secondary bacterial infection in infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial viral infection. J Pediatr 1988; 113: 266-271.
33. Samson L, Cooke C, Mac Donald NE for PICNIC. Analysis of antibiotic use and misuse in children hospitalized with RSV infection (abstract). Pediatr Res 1996; 39: 111A.
34. Andrade MA, Hoberman A, Glustein J, et al. Acute otitis media in children with bronchiolitis. Pediatrics 1998; 101: 617-619.
35. Dowell SF, Marcy SM, Phillips WR, et al. Otitis media-Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents. Pediatrics 1998; 101: S165-S184.
36. Baraff LJ, Bass JW, Fleisher GR, et al. Practice guidelines for the management of infants and children 0 to 36 months of age with fever without source. Pediatrics 1993; 92: 1-12.
37. Glezen WP, Taber LH, Frank AL, Kasel JA. Risk of primary infection and reinfection with respiratory syncytial virus. Am J Dis Child 1986; 140: 543-546.
38. Langley JM, Wang EEL, Law BJ, et al. Economic evaluation of respiratory syncytial virus infection in Canadian children: Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network of Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study. J Pediatr 1997; 131: 113-117.