Virological diagnosis of respiratory virus infection in patients attending an emergency department during the influenza season

Virological diagnosis of respiratory virus infection in patients attending an emergency department during the influenza season

To investigate the burden of influenza-like illness (ILI), patients attending an emergency department during the influenza season were tested for several common respiratory viruses, using PCR-based methods. Influenza A viruses were detected in 25 of 103 recruited patients (24%), rhinoviruses in 15%,...

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Published in:Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 391 - 393
Main Authors: Pierangeli, A., Scagnolari, C., Gentile, M., Spina, M.T., Iudicello, A., Bertazzoni, G., Antonelli, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2010
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Wiley-Blackwell
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Emergency Service, Hospital
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Influenza A virus
Influenza, Human - diagnosis
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
influenza-like illness
Influenza A virus
Medical sciences
Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections - virology
Rhinovirus
triage
Triage - methods
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
Virus Diseases - diagnosis
Influenza A virus
influenza-like illness
rhinovirus
triage
Human
Picornaviridae
Orthomyxoviridae
Infection
Virus
Respiratory tract
Influenzavirus A
Emergency department
Influenza
Viral disease
Diagnosis
Flulike syndrome
Rhinovirus
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Summary:To investigate the burden of influenza-like illness (ILI), patients attending an emergency department during the influenza season were tested for several common respiratory viruses, using PCR-based methods. Influenza A viruses were detected in 25 of 103 recruited patients (24%), rhinoviruses in 15%, and respiratory syncytial virus in only one. The data suggest that triage criteria based on ILI case definitions would not contain the spread of the influenza virus during pandemic alerts and could lead to unnecessary isolation of patients with other infections. Application of broader triage criteria followed by timely molecular diagnosis could be effective in preventing new respiratory agent transmission.
ISSN:1198-743X
1469-0691
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03119.x