Host characteristics predict outcome among adult patients admitted by severe acute respiratory infection.

Background: Except for influenza pandemics, different observational studies have failed to demonstrate differences in mortality between various etiologies in adult patients hospitalized for respiratory infections.

Aim: To compare clinical and mortality differences between different viral pathogens associated with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in hospitalized adults.

Material And Methods: One-year prospective study in a sentinel center.

Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) from influenza in adult patients in Chile: the experience of a sentinel hospital.

Objective: To 1) describe clinical characteristics of adult patients in Chile with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) associated with influenza viruses, and 2) analyze virus subtypes identified in specimens collected from those patients, hospital resources used in clinical management, clinical evolution, and risk factors associated with a fatal outcome, using observational data from the SARI surveillance network (SARInet).

Methods: Adults hospitalized from 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2015 with influenza-associated SARI at a SARI sentinel surveillance hospital in Santiago were identified and the presence of influenza in all cases confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using respiratory samples.

Results: A total of 221 patients (mean age: 74.

Is there a risk of filarial infection during long-term missions in Haiti?

Background: Haiti has the highest prevalence of lymphatic filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti) in the Western Hemisphere. Still, the risk of filarial infection for long-term visitors such as humanitarian aid workers or military personnel is uncertain. The presented study analyzed the exposure to W.

[Salmonella spp. gastroenteritis associated to pet turtles in three infants].

Non-typhoidal salmonellosis is an important cause of acute diarrhea in children. Generally they are acquired by consumption of contaminated food, but contact with reptiles is an increasing cause of this zoonoses. We describe three pediatric cases of gastroenteritis by Salmonella (Montevideo, Newport and Pomona), related to having turtles as pets.

Clinical relevance of rhinovirus infections among adult hospitalized patients.

Unlabelled: Human rhinovirus (HRV) is an emerging viral pathogen.

Aim: To characterize a group of patients admitted due to infection by this agent in a general hospital in Chile.

Methods: Cases were identified by RT-PCR for 1 year through active surveillance of patients admitted with severe respiratory illness.