Table III.
Routine Monitoring of Viral Respiratory Infections in 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 by the Use of the One‐Step Real‐Time Triplex RT‐PCR Assay
| Weeks (hospital) | 2008‐43/2009‐10 (Ambroise Paré) | 2009‐36/2010‐04 (Ambroise Paré) | 2009‐44/2010‐04 (Trousseau) (children) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Adults | Children | Adults | ||
| Number of patients | 257 | 41 | 475 | 301 | 1,343 |
| Median age (IQR) | 13w (6–36) | 61y (51–73) | 56w (12–179) | 44y (32–66) | 62w (16–203) |
| Influenza A | |||||
| Number (%) | 25 (10) | 17 (42) | 75 (16) | 57 (19) | 151 (11) |
| Median age (IQR)a | 37w (6–60) | 57y (51–73) | 81w (20–192) | 42y (30–60) | 201w (90–421) |
| RSV | |||||
| Number (%) | 140 (55) | 5 (12) | 173 (36) | 10 (4) | 501 (38) |
| Median age (IQR) | 11w (6–24) | 72y (69–80) | 38w (10–133) | 46y (33–66) | 27w (9–74) |
| Mixed RSV‐influenza A | |||||
| Number (%) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 11 (8) |
| Median age (IQR) | 8w (NA) | NA | 23w (NA) | NA | 90w (28–209) |
w, weeks; y, years; NA, not applicable.
a
Children infected by influenza A were significantly older than those infected by RSV (P < 0.0001).