Open AccessINFLUENZA-ASSOCIATED CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN TAIWANESE CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Yhu Chering Huang,
Wen Chen Li,
Kuo Chien Tsao,
Chung Guei Huang,
Cheng Hsun Chiu,
Tzou Yien Lin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181986bf9
Subject(s) - medicine , oseltamivir , central nervous system , pediatrics , exact test , central nervous system disease , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Seventy-four of the 2651 patients (2.8%) with influenza aged <18 years had signs or symptoms of central nervous system dysfunction presenting to the hospital. None had oseltamivir exposure before the onset of central nervous system dysfunction. Seventeen children received oseltamivir therapy after admission and no significant difference between administration of oseltamivir and outcome was observed (P = 0.1512 by Fisher exact test).