Retrospective analysis of clinical and virological parameters of influenza cases at four university hospitals in Germany, 2015

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37501

Heyd, Robert ; Eis-Hübinger, Anna Maria ; Berger, Annemarie ; Bierbaum, Sibylle ; Pietzonka, Sandra ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Huzly, Daniela ; Keppler, Oliver T. ; Panning, Marcus

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Abstract

We conducted a retrospective observational study at four German university hospitals of patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza in 2014/2015. Overall, a fatality rate of 8% was observed. Significantly more A(H1N1)pdm09 patients were admitted to ICU compared to those with A(H3N2). However, fatal outcome was not significantly increased among A(H1N1)pdm09 cases. Nosocomial infections were seen ...