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Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated, Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Case-Control Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kateri H. Leckerman ,
Eileen Sherman ,
Jillian Knorr ,
Theoklis E. Zaoutis  and
Susan E. Coffin
Kateri H. Leckerman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eileen Sherman
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jillian Knorr
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Susan E. Coffin*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (coffin@email.chop.edu)
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Abstract

We conducted a case-control study of 46 hospitalized pediatric patients with healthcare-associated laboratory-confirmed influenza (HA-LCI). We sought to determine the characteristics and outcomes of children with HA-LGI and to identify risk factors for HA-LCI. Although we failed to identify any differences in clinical exposures during the 3 days prior to onset of HA-LCI, multivariate analysis showed that asthma was an independent risk factor for HA-LCI (odds ratio, 3.49 [95% confidence interval, 1.25–9.75]).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 421 - 424
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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