Clinical Influenza Testing Practices in Hospitalized Children at United States Medical Centers, 2015-2018

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
Source :: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; January 2022, Vol. 11 Issue: 1 p5-8, 4p
Publication Year :: 2022
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.

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