Flu season

Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season.

The clinical findings of influenza overlap those of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), and influenza infection can be complicated by bacterial infections. Reviewed here are the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with special emphasis on considerations during influenza season.

1124Clinical characteristics of adult patients with influenza B and A infections during 2013/2014 flu season

Background. Human infection caused by influenza B virus (IFV-B) has been known to be less severe than that caused by influenza A virus (IFV-A). Although more recent studies did not find any significant differences between the clinical features of patients with IFV-B and those with IFV-A, clinical data are still lacking on this subject, especially in adult patients. Methods. This study was perfo...

Antibiotic Use in Cold and Flu Season and Prescribing Quality: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND Excessive antibiotic use in cold and flu season is costly and contributes to antibiotic resistance. The study objective was to develop an index of excessive antibiotic use in cold and flu season and determine its correlation with other indicators of prescribing quality. METHODS AND FINDINGS We included Medicare beneficiaries in the 40% random sample denominator file continuously en...

Extremely low vaccine effectiveness against influenza H3N2 in the elderly during the 2012/2013 flu season.

H7N9 flu

Aquatic wild birds are the reservoir of more than 100 influenza viruses whose subtypes (HxNy) have never been responsible for sustained infection in humans. As a matter of fact, humans are usually not infected by avian influenza A viruses. However, sporadic cases of avian influenza virus infection are observed every year, mostly in Asia. By subsequent adaptation these emerging viruses may resul...