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The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan
BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide in young children and is predominately caused by viral respiratory pathogens. This study aims to identify the viral etiologies of ALRI in hospitalized children in Jordan University Hospital and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900252 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2021.763 |
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author | Al-Zayadneh, Enas Mohammad Abu Assab, Dina Adeeb Arabiat, Esraa Al-Iede, Montaha Ahmad Kayed, Hanin Daher, Amirah |
author_facet | Al-Zayadneh, Enas Mohammad Abu Assab, Dina Adeeb Arabiat, Esraa Al-Iede, Montaha Ahmad Kayed, Hanin Daher, Amirah |
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description | BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide in young children and is predominately caused by viral respiratory pathogens. This study aims to identify the viral etiologies of ALRI in hospitalized children in Jordan University Hospital and compare the clinical characteristics of influenza virus infection with other respiratory viruses. METHODS: A retrospective viral surveillance study that included 152 children below 15 years of age admitted with ALRI from December 2018 through April 2019 was conducted. We recorded results of real-time reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for common respiratory viruses. Clinical and demographic information of the study population was collected from patients' electronic medical records. RESULTS: 152 patients were identified with a median age of 1 year (mean was 2.1 years). Ninety-five patients (62.5%) were males. One or more viral respiratory pathogens were detected in 145 (95.3%) children. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most detected virus in 68 patients (44.8%). Influenza virus was detected in 25 patients (16.4%). Children with influenza infection had more fever and lower leukocyte count compared to children infected with other viruses. The severity of the ALRI correlated significantly with several factors, including age less than six months and the presence of neuromuscular disease (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Viral detection was common among children admitted with ALRI. Viruses, including influenza, are recognized as significant contributors to the morbidity associated with ALRI. More attention is needed on strategies for the prevention and detection of viral ALRI in developing countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-86071862021-12-09 The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan Al-Zayadneh, Enas Mohammad Abu Assab, Dina Adeeb Arabiat, Esraa Al-Iede, Montaha Ahmad Kayed, Hanin Daher, Amirah Multidiscip Respir Med Original Research Article BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide in young children and is predominately caused by viral respiratory pathogens. This study aims to identify the viral etiologies of ALRI in hospitalized children in Jordan University Hospital and compare the clinical characteristics of influenza virus infection with other respiratory viruses. METHODS: A retrospective viral surveillance study that included 152 children below 15 years of age admitted with ALRI from December 2018 through April 2019 was conducted. We recorded results of real-time reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for common respiratory viruses. Clinical and demographic information of the study population was collected from patients' electronic medical records. RESULTS: 152 patients were identified with a median age of 1 year (mean was 2.1 years). Ninety-five patients (62.5%) were males. One or more viral respiratory pathogens were detected in 145 (95.3%) children. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most detected virus in 68 patients (44.8%). Influenza virus was detected in 25 patients (16.4%). Children with influenza infection had more fever and lower leukocyte count compared to children infected with other viruses. The severity of the ALRI correlated significantly with several factors, including age less than six months and the presence of neuromuscular disease (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Viral detection was common among children admitted with ALRI. Viruses, including influenza, are recognized as significant contributors to the morbidity associated with ALRI. More attention is needed on strategies for the prevention and detection of viral ALRI in developing countries. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8607186/ /pubmed/34900252 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2021.763 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Al-Zayadneh, Enas Mohammad Abu Assab, Dina Adeeb Arabiat, Esraa Al-Iede, Montaha Ahmad Kayed, Hanin Daher, Amirah The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title | The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title_full | The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title_fullStr | The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title_full_unstemmed | The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title_short | The burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, Jordan |
title_sort | burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized infants and children in a university hospital, jordan |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900252 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2021.763 |
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