Clinical Influenza Testing Practices in Hospitalized Children at United States Medical Centers, 2015-2018. Issue 1 (13th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tenforde, Mark W; Campbell, Angela P; Michaels, Marian G; Harrison, Christopher J; Klein, Eileen J; Englund, Janet A; Selvarangan, Rangaraj; Halasa, Natasha B; Stewart, Laura S; Weinberg, Geoffrey A; Williams, John V; Szilagyi, Peter G; Staat, Mary A; Boom, Julie A; Sahni, Leila C; Singer, Monica N; Azimi, Parvin H; Zimmerman, Richard K; McNeal, Monica M; Talbot, H Keipp; Monto, Arnold S; Martin, Emily T; Gaglani, Manjusha; Silveira, Fernanda P; Middleton, Donald B; Ferdinands, Jill M; Rolfes, Melissa A
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 11:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 8
• Publication Date: 2021-10-13
• Subjects: antigen test -- hospitalized -- influenza -- RT-PCR -- testing; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab096
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: At nine US hospitals that enrolled children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness (ARI) during 2015-2016 through 2017-2018 influenza seasons, 50% of children with ARI received clinician-initiated testing for influenza and 35% of cases went undiagnosed due to lack of clinician-initiated testing. Marked heterogeneity in testing practice was observed across sites.