Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakımda İnfluenza Salgını: İnfluenza Enfeksiyonunun Binbir Yüzü

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: Ek - IRUPEC 2019 Kongresi Tam Metin Bildirileri, 539 - 543, 10.12.2019

Şükran Yıldırım

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to emphasize the variability of symptoms of influenza virus as a causative agent of nosocomial infection in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), through description of an outbreak in our unit.
Materials and methods
Symptoms, test results and treatment of neonates are discussed during an outbreak in Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital in 2018 influenza season.

Results
Symptoms showed a wide range, a baby was asympthomatic, another showed characteristic viral respiratory tract illness signs. All the babies had monocytosis. Preterm babies showed neutropenia. All the babies were treated with oseltamivir without any side effects.

Conclusion
In many neonatal intensive care units (NICU), if infants deteriorate, standard approach is usually to evaluate for bacterial sepsis. Viral pathogen as a causative agent is not a part of routine evaluation. However, there has been an increasing number of reports on influenza infections in neonates and descriptions of influenza spread within neonatal units. Symptoms may be variable. Monocytosis and neutropenia in periferic blood smear may be a sign of viral respiratory tract infection

Keywords

Influenza, newborn, NICU outbreak, monocytosis, neutropenia, oseltamivir

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