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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 27-34Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090941
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
- State of San Luis Potosi (Fondo Mixto de Fomento a la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica CONACYT-Gobierno del Estado de San Luis Potosi [FMSLP-2008-C01-86384]
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We describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of adults hospitalized with pneumonia during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak. Patients admitted to a general hospital in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, from April 10 through May 11, 2009, suspected to have influenza virus-associated pneumonia were evaluated. We identified 50 patients with suspected influenza pneumonia; the presence of influenza virus was confirmed in 18: 11 with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, 5 with unsubtypeable influenza A virus, 1 with seasonal influenza A virus (H3N2), and 1 in whom assay results for seasonal and pandemic (H1N1) viruses were positive. Eighteen patients were treated in the intensive care unit, and 10 died. During the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, severe pneumonia developed in young adults who had no identifiable risk factors; early diagnosis and treatment of influenza virus infections may have a determinant role in outcome.
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