Surveillance for Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Pediatric Chronic Care Facilities

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• Alternative Title:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
• Personal Author:
  Saiman, Lisa ; Prill, Mila M. ; Wilmont, Sibyl ; Neu, Natalie ; Alba, Luis ; Hill-Ricciuti, Alexandra ; Larson, Elaine ; Whitaker, Brett ; Lu, Xiaoyan ; Garg, Shikha ; Gerber, Susan I. ; Kim, Lindsay
• Description:
  Overall, 119 (33%) of 364 pediatric chronic care facility residents experienced 182 acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) that met the surveillance definition which led to 31 (17%) emergency room visits, 34 (19%) acute care hospitalizations, and/or 25 (14%) ICU admissions. Continued PCR-positivity was observed in 35% of ARIs during follow-up testing.
• Subjects:
  Child Hospitalization Humans Infant Respiratory Tract Infections Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Keywords:
  Bocavirus Long-term Care Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rhinovirus
• Source:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 12(1):49-52
• Pubmed ID:
  36219180
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11262614
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:a1362f768dfdb59ba2ccf776ba8a2602c8e9f530650282caeb4ab97361ebebd5b7e864f159d9ff0c6997756ecf9021354f4babf5f445d9b6e2ce88400952ed84
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