A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report
A case of near-fatal oseltamivir-resistant seasonal influenza A infection in a previously healthy four-year-old boy is reported. This case highlights three important points for physicians: oseltamivir-resistant influenza A (H1N1) has recently emerged in North America; contrary to previously held bel...
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| description | A case of near-fatal oseltamivir-resistant seasonal influenza A infection in a previously healthy four-year-old boy is reported. This case highlights three important points for physicians: oseltamivir-resistant influenza A (H1N1) has recently emerged in North America; contrary to previously held beliefs, such strains are capable of causing severe disease in healthy children; and given this change in epidemiology, clinicians caring for children with severe seasonal influenza A infection should consider empiric dual therapy with oseltamivir and amantadine. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f98e1315bb5469495e16cbb758389192025-02-03T05:52:50ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322009-01-01204e173e17610.1155/2009/424093A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case ReportJesse Papenburg0Christos Karatzios1Yan Li2Nathalie Bastien3Makeda Semret4Dorothy Moore5Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, CanadaInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, CanadaNational Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaNational Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, CanadaInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, CanadaA case of near-fatal oseltamivir-resistant seasonal influenza A infection in a previously healthy four-year-old boy is reported. This case highlights three important points for physicians: oseltamivir-resistant influenza A (H1N1) has recently emerged in North America; contrary to previously held beliefs, such strains are capable of causing severe disease in healthy children; and given this change in epidemiology, clinicians caring for children with severe seasonal influenza A infection should consider empiric dual therapy with oseltamivir and amantadine.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/424093 |
| spellingShingle | Jesse Papenburg Christos Karatzios Yan Li Nathalie Bastien Makeda Semret Dorothy Moore A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report |
| title_full | A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report |
| title_fullStr | A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report |
| title_short | A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report |
| title_sort | near fatal infection with oseltamivir resistant seasonal influenza a in a previously healthy child case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/424093 |
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