Continued high incidence of children with severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 admitted to paediatric intensive care units in Germany during the first three post-pandemic influenza seasons, 2010/11-2012/13

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Streng, Andrea ^a   Prifert, Christiane ^a   Weissbrich, Benedikt ^a   Liese, Johannes G ^a   Bösel, Nadja ^b   Gašpirová, Petra ^b   Henrich, Katharina ^b   Hösl, Angela ^b   Klein, Maximilian ^b   Schnelke, Alexander ^b   Wieg, Christian ^c   Steinherr, Harry ^d   Schreiner, Hans Georg ^e   Horsinka, Sibylle ^e   Wolf, Alfons ^f   Engelke, ^g   Pohl, Wolfgang ^g   Bohlein, Barbara ^h   Egler, Kerstin ^h   Glas, Katharina ^h   Iven, Annegret ^h   Leistner, Christiane ^h   Lippert, Lena ^h   Kothari, Radhika ^h   Panagiota, Chaitidou ^h   Rettner, Daniela ^h   Thomaschewski, S ^h   Weigelt, Annika ^h   Wenzel, Beatrix ^h   Zapf, Florian ^h   Stuber, Gerlinde ⁱ   Schroth, Michael ^j   Topf, Hans Georg ^j   Steigenberger, Herbert ^k   Maksutova, ^l   Ponader, Rolf ^l   Götz, Oliver ^m   Eberhardt, Heinrich ⁿ   Quitterer, Andrea ⁿ   Aleo, Angelo ^o   Bischof, A ^o   Brenner, B ^o   Brunnhölzl, Wolfgang ^o   Doll, Ulrike ^o   Hagemann, Sonja ^o   Pauker, S ^o   Pfadler, Eva ^o   Schmidt, Ann Kathrin ^o   Schuler, Rahel ^o   Stange, T ^o   Steidl, Michael ^o   Hoffmann, Florian ^p   Behrends, Uta ^q   Berndt, J ^q   Damke, Lilian ^q   Demir, Iffet ^q   Dreßel, Petra ^q   Gallitz, Stephanie ^q   Heck, Bambul ^q   Jünger, Hendrik ^q   Mahmoud, ^q   Sassen, Uwe ^q   Wagner, Claudia ^q   Hammersen, Gerhard ^r   Göhl, Nathalie ^s   Jansen, Verena ^s   Schmidtlein, Christoph ^s   Munser, Stefan ^t   Schmidt, D ^t   Adolphs, Christian ^u   Keinath, Susanne ^u   Ritz, Christina ^u   Röding, Stefanie ^u   Schweiß, Isabel ^u   Trips, Tobias ^u   Adam, Klaus ^v   Baumann, Anja ^v   Moser, Andrea ^v   Sperber, K ^v   Thomas, Wolfgang ^w   Wirbelauer, Johannes ^w   Kunzmann, Steffen ^w   Doerck, Manfred ^x   Kitz, Christa ^x   Borgmann, Kristina ^y   Grombach, Jens ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM ST MARIEN   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e Josefinum   (Germany)

^f Klinikum Sozialstiftung Bamberg   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^h Klinik Für Kinder und Jugendmedizin   (Germany)

ⁱ Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^k KLINIKUM FÜRTH   (Germany)

^l Sana Klinikum Hof   (Germany)

^m Klinikum Kempten Oberallgau   (Germany)

ⁿ Kinderkrankenhaus St Marien   (Germany)

^o Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^p LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^r Klinik Hallerwiese   (Germany)

^s Kinderklinik Dritter Orden   (Germany)

^t Leopoldina Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^u Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

^v Kliniken Nordoberpfalz AG   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^x Tropenmedizinische Abteilung   (Germany)

^y KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Children; Influenza; Intensive care; Post pandemic

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; OSELTAMIVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEASONAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84950300329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1293-1     Document Type: Article

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