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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 May;50(5):983–987. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21472

Table I. Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Oncology Patients With Laboratory-Proven Influenza Infection.

Clinical characteristic Pediatric oncology patients with influenza (N=24)
Age, median years (range) 5.0 (0.4–18.2)
Influenza A positive, n (%) 20 (83)
Influenza B positive, n (%) 4 (17)
Male, n (%) 15 (63)
Hematologic cancer, n (%) 15 (63)
Solid tumor, n (%) 9 (37)
Disease status at time of influenza infection
 At diagnosis/induction, n (%) 5 (21)
 Remission, n (%) 17 (71)
 Relapse, n (%) 2 (8)