TABLE 1.
Characteristics of patients with positive BAL fluid samples for pandemic 2009 (H1N1) influenza
| Patient no. | Age (yr)/sex | Underlying condition(s) | Admit date/diagnosis | Date/result of: |
Radiographic findings | ICU admission | Mechanical ventilation or ECMO (days) | Antiviral treatment | Length of stay/outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal swab/RT-PCR | BAL RT-PCR | |||||||||
| 1 | 50/M | Asthma | 6 July/viral syndrome | 6 July/negative | 10 July/positive | Bilateral upper lobe opacities | No | No | No | 7 days/survived |
| 2 | 25/F | Pregnancy, asthma, MTHFR mutation, deep venous thrombosis | 16 Oct/pneumonia | 16 Oct/negative | 20 Oct/positive | Left lower lobe pneumonia | Yes | Mechanical ventilation (10), ECMO (2) | Oseltamivir/zanamivir i.v. | 15 days/deceased |
| 3 | 34/M | Complex partial seizures, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, hyperlipidemia | 2 Nov/seizures | 2 Nov/negative | 8 Nov/positive | Bibasilar opacities | Yes | Mechanical ventilation (5) | Oseltamivir/peramivir i.v. | 18 days/survived |