id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-307918-8y89p11a Onyango, Clayton O. Influenza Surveillance Among Children With Pneumonia Admitted to a District Hospital in Coastal Kenya, 2007–2010 2012-12-15 .txt text/plain 3678 155 42 Nasopharyngeal samples from children aged <12 years who were admitted to Kilifi District Hospital during 2007–2010 with severe or very severe pneumonia and resided in the local demographic surveillance system were screened for influenza A, B, and C viruses by molecular methods. The following clinical and laboratory features obtained on admission or that relate to discharge outcome were compared between influenza-positive and influenza-negative children: duration of hospitalization >14 days, very severe pneumonia, wheezing, hypoxia (oxygen saturation level <90%, by fingertip pulse oximetry), circulatory shock (capillary refill time ≥3 seconds), severe anemia (hemoglobin level <5 g/dL), prematurity, congenital heart disease, positivity for HIV antibody (by 2 rapid tests), severe underweight (weight for age Z score ≤3), slide positivity for Plasmodium species, bacteremia, concurrent viral infection diagnosis, and death before discharge [2] . Our study identified all 3 influenza viruses in circulation in this rural coastal Kenya location among patients hospitalized with severe or very severe pneumonia and among outpatients with URTI. ./cache/cord-307918-8y89p11a.txt ./txt/cord-307918-8y89p11a.txt