Influencia de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la epidemiología de la bronquiolitis aguda

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circulation of some viruses associated with acute bronchiolitis. We analyzed the epidemiology of bronchiolitis admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 8 previous epidemic seasons. METHODS: An observational and ambispective study was p...

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Autores principales: Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena, Gutiérrez Zamorano, María, López-Casillas, Pablo, Brezmes-Raposo, Marta, Sanz Fernández, Irene, Pino Vázquez, María de la Asunción
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8692059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34955579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eimc.2021.11.014
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circulation of some viruses associated with acute bronchiolitis. We analyzed the epidemiology of bronchiolitis admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 8 previous epidemic seasons. METHODS: An observational and ambispective study was performed, including infants admitted with bronchiolitis in a tertiary hospital during 2 periods: COVID-19 pandemic (15th March 2020 to 3 rd August 2021) and pre-pandemic (1st September 2012 to 14th March 2020). Demographic, clinical data and etiologies were collected. RESULTS: Five hundred ten patients were hospitalized with bronchiolitis: 486 in the pre-pandemic period with an average of 61 admissions per season vs. 24 during the pandemic, observing a 60.7% reduction in bronchiolitis admissions. During the pandemic, bronchiolitis outbreak was delayed until spring–summer 2021. Respiratory syncytial virus was the most frequent etiological agent in both periods. CONCLUSION: We observed a change in the seasonality of bronchiolitis during the pandemic COVID-19, possibly influenced by control measures against SARS-CoV-2.

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