2023
Bacterial and viral infections among adults hospitalized with COVID‐19, COVID‐NET, 14 states, March 2020–April 2022
Shah M, Patel K, Milucky J, Taylor C, Reingold A, Armistead I, Meek J, Anderson E, Weigel A, Reeg L, Como‐Sabetti K, Ropp S, Muse A, Bushey S, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Talbot H, Chatelain R, Havers F, Team T. Bacterial and viral infections among adults hospitalized with COVID‐19, COVID‐NET, 14 states, March 2020–April 2022. Influenza And Other Respiratory Viruses 2023, 17: e13107. PMID: 36875205, PMCID: PMC9981874, DOI: 10.1111/irv.13107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDay of admissionSARS-CoV-2 infectionHospitalized adultsViral infectionBacterial coinfectionCOVID-19Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infectionBacterial infectionsPopulation-based surveillance systemRhinovirus/enterovirusRespiratory syncytial virusBacterial pathogensCoV-2 virusClinical featuresClinical outcomesViral coinfectionSyncytial virusHuman metapneumovirusParainfluenza virusRisk factorsSterile sitesEndemic coronavirusesRelative riskRelevant bacterial pathogensGram-negative rods
2022
Rates of Severe Influenza-Associated Outcomes Among Older Adults Living With Diabetes—Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2017
Owusu D, Rolfes M, Arriola C, Kirley P, Alden N, Meek J, Anderson E, Monroe M, Kim S, Lynfield R, Angeles K, Spina N, Felsen C, Billing L, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Chatelain R, Reed C, Garg S. Rates of Severe Influenza-Associated Outcomes Among Older Adults Living With Diabetes—Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2017. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac131. PMID: 35450083, PMCID: PMC9017364, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluenza-associated outcomesInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsDiabetes mellitusOlder adultsHospital deathMechanical ventilationRate ratioLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkIntensive care unit admissionImpact of DMPopulation-based surveillance systemStatistics population dataCare unit admissionInfluenza virus infectionConfidence intervalsHigh rateUnit admissionHospitalized adultsICU admissionInfluenza illnessPooled rateAnnual vaccinationEarly treatmentVirus infection
2015
Obesity not associated with severity among hospitalized adults with seasonal influenza virus infection
Braun ES, Crawford FW, Desai MM, Meek J, Kirley PD, Miller L, Anderson EJ, Oni O, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Bargsten M, Bennett NM, Lung KL, Thomas A, Mermel E, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Price A, Chaves SS. Obesity not associated with severity among hospitalized adults with seasonal influenza virus infection. Infection 2015, 43: 569-575. PMID: 26148927, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0802-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal influenza virus infectionMultivariate logistic regression modelSeasonal influenza severityLaboratory-confirmed influenzaRisk of pneumoniaInfluenza virus infectionLogistic regression modelsHospitalized adultsICU admissionObese patientsSevere obesityInfluenza severityArtificial ventilationVirus infectionWeight categoriesObesityPneumoniaSeverityRegression modelsAdultsUnderweightPatientsAdmissionInfectionInfluenza
2011
Association Between Use of Statins and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Virus Infections: A Multistate Study
Vandermeer M, Thomas A, Kamimoto L, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Schaffner W, Bennett N, Zansky S. Association Between Use of Statins and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Virus Infections: A Multistate Study. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2011, 205: 13-19. PMID: 22170954, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramLaboratory-confirmed influenzaInfluenza virus infectionVirus infectionPrevention's Emerging Infections ProgramMultivariable logistic regression modelInfluenza-related deathsChronic lung diseaseUse of statinsAdministration of statinsRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsProtective oddsHospitalized adultsInfluenza testsInfluenza vaccinationStatin useInfluenza seasonRenal diseaseAntiviral administrationImmunomodulatory effectsLung diseaseActive surveillanceInfections ProgramStatins