Influenza clinical testing and oseltamivir treatment in hospitalized children with acute respiratory illness, 2015-2016.
Lubna HamdanVarvara ProbstZaid HaddadinHerdi RahmanAndrew J SpiekerSimon VandekarLaura S StewartJohn V WilliamsJulie A BoomFlor MunozJanet A EnglundRangaraj SelvaranganMary A StaatGeoffrey A WeinbergParvin H AzimiEileen J KleinMonica McNealLeila C SahniMonica N SingerPeter G SzilagyiChristopher J HarrisonManish PatelAngela P CampbellNatasha B HalasaPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2021)
Approximately half of children hospitalized with influenza during the 2015-2016 influenza season were treated with antivirals. Because antiviral treatment for influenza is associated with better health outcomes, further studies of subsequent seasons would help evaluate current use of antivirals among children and better understand barriers for treatment.