Characteristics of influenza in elderly patients with and without diabetes, hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infection in a tertiary care hospital from Bucharest Romania - a three-year prospective epidemiological surveillance study

Patients with diabetes may be at a higher risk of developing complicated influenza. We report the characteristics of influenza in hospitalized elderly patients with and without diabetes, in three consecutive influenza seasons. The study included patients admitted for severe acute respiratory infecti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Germs (Bucureşti) 2019-09, Vol.9 (3), p.142-147
Hauptverfasser: Pițigoi, Daniela, Nițescu, Maria, Streinu-Cercel, Anca, Bacruban, Rodica, Ivanciuc, Alina Elena, Lazăr, Mihaela, Cherciu, Carmen Maria, Crăciun, Maria Dorina, Aramă, Victoria, Streinu-Cercel, Adrian, Săndulescu, Oana
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with diabetes may be at a higher risk of developing complicated influenza. We report the characteristics of influenza in hospitalized elderly patients with and without diabetes, in three consecutive influenza seasons. The study included patients admitted for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in the National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Prof. Dr. Matei Balș", Bucharest, during a three-year active epidemiological surveillance study (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18), in the I-MOVE+ hospital network. A total of 349 patients were tested by PCR over the duration of the study. The percentage of patients with diabetes was comparable throughout the seasons: 34.7%, 28.3% and 30.4% (p=0.587). Influenza A was the main viral type circulating in 2015/16 and 2016/17 (100% and 97.6%) in our study population, while in 2017/18, B viruses predominated (90.0%). Diabetics presented a higher median number of comorbidities (3 vs. 2) p
ISSN:2248-2997
2248-2997
DOI:10.18683/germs.2019.1169