Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children

Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children
In April 2009, Clinical Infectious Diseases published guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of patients who might have influenza. Featured here are recommendations from IDSA on diagnostic issues, and information on antivirals for treatment, antivirals for chemoprophylaxis, and outbreak management in institutional settings. The article also provides answers to several key questions, such as what specimens should be collected for influenza testing from patients with suspected influenza, which antiviral drugs should be used for treatment, when influenza outbreaks should be suspected in an institution, and the role for testing institutional residents with influenza-like illness after one or more residents have been diagnosed with influenza.
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