2011 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 104-107
It is not clear how pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection affects children with bronchial asthma. A total of 188 children with bronchial asthma who were well-controlled by treatment during peak season was studied; 57 (30.3%) were positive for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009. There was a significant difference in age (p=0.02) between children who were positive and those who were negative for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009. Of the influenza-positive children, 11 (19.2%) had an asthma attack. There was no difference in asthma severity among the children who had an asthma attack with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection. Only two patients (3.5%) were hospitalized, but they were not seriously ill. About one year has passed, and it is expected that adequate management will be provided for the second outbreak, regardless of disease severity.
