Comparing clinical characteristics between hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B virus infection.

Su, Su; Chaves, Sandra S; Perez, Alejandro; D'Mello, Tiffany; Kirley, Pam D; Yousey-Hindes, Kimberly; Farley, Monica M; Harris, Meghan et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2014

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

We challenge the notion that influenza B is milder than influenza A by finding similar clinical characteristics between hospitalized adult influenza-cases. Among patients treated with oseltamivir, length of stay and mortality did not differ by type of virus infection.

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