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Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010–2011

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2015
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Title
Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010–2011
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BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0746-x
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Sibongile Walaza, Stefano Tempia, Halima Dawood, Ebrahim Variava, Jocelyn Moyes, Adam L Cohen, Nicole Wolter, Michelle Groome, Claire von Mollendorf, Kathleen Kahn, Marthi Pretorius, Marietjie Venter, Shabir A Madhi, Cheryl Cohen

Abstract

BackgroundData on the association between influenza and tuberculosis are limited. We describe the characteristics of patients with laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis, laboratory-confirmed influenza and tuberculosis-influenza co-infection.MethodsPatients hospitalized with severe respiratory illness (acute and chronic) were enrolled prospectively in four provinces in South Africa. Naso/oropharyngeal specimens were tested for influenza virus by real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Tuberculosis testing was conducted as part of clinical management.ResultsFrom June 2010 through December 2011, 8032 patients were enrolled and influenza testing was conducted on 7863 (98%). Influenza virus was detected in 765 (10%) patients. Among 2959 patients with tuberculosis and influenza results, 2227 (75%) were negative for both pathogens, 423 (14%) were positive for tuberculosis alone, 275 (9%) were positive for influenza alone and 34 (1%) had influenza and tuberculosis co-infection. On multivariable analysis amongst individuals with symptoms for ¿7 days, tuberculosis influenza co-infection was associated with increased risk of death, (adjusted relative risk ratio (aRRR) (6.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.6-23.4), as compared to tuberculosis only infection. This association was not observed in individuals with symptoms for <7 days (aRRR.0.8, 95% CI 0.1-7.0).ConclusionTuberculosis and influenza co-infection compared to tuberculosis single infection was associated with increased risk of death in individuals with symptoms ¿7 days. The potential public health impact of influenza vaccination among persons with laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis should be explored.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Unknown 135 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 24 18%
Student > Master 20 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 13%
Other 11 8%
Student > Bachelor 10 7%
Other 26 19%
Unknown 28 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 48 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 7%
Social Sciences 8 6%
Other 15 11%
Unknown 35 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 November 2023.
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#2,995,939
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#15
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