Comparing clinical characteristics between hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B virus infection.
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.
Medical subject headings
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza B virus
- Influenza, Human