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Oseltamivir for treatment of influenza in infants less than one year results in complications in 54% of the patients with the most serious of which were meningitis in 1 infant (1%), pneumonia in 9 (6%), and otitis media in 2 (1%)
Oseltamivir for treatment of influenza in infants less than one year: a retrospective analysis.
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BACKGROUND: Influenza causes proportionately more hospitalizations and deaths in infants in their first year of life than in older children. Oseltamivir is an effective treatment for childhood influenza, but few data are available in infants
Affiliation
Klinikum Worms, Klinik für Kinder-und Jugendmedizin, Worms, Germany. [email protected]
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- PubMed ID:
- 20035245
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