Volume 16, Number 2—February 2010
Dispatch
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marcela Echavarría
, Marcia Querci, Débora Marcone, Cristina Videla, Alfredo Martínez, Pablo Bonvehi, and Guadalupe Carballal
, Marcia Querci, Débora Marcone, Cristina Videla, Alfredo Martínez, Pablo Bonvehi, and Guadalupe Carballal
Table 2
Underlying clinical conditions in 275 case-patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, by age group, CEMIC University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 11–30, 2009
| Clinical condition |
Case-patients <5 y of age |
Case-patients >5 y of age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) hospitalized |
No. (%) outpatients |
p value |
No. (%) hospitalized |
No. (%) outpatients |
p value |
||
| None* | 15 (79) | 16 (89) | — | 41 (69) | 148 (83) | — | |
| Underlying condition | 4 (21) | 2 (11) | 0.659 | 18 (31) | 31 (17) | 0.040 | |
| Immunocompromised | 1 (5) | 1 (5.5) | 0.999 | 9 (15) | 11 (6) | 0.028 | |
| Pregnant | 0 | 0 | — | 1 (2) | 4 (2) | 0.999 | |
| Other† |
3 (16) |
1 (5.5) |
0.603 |
8 (14) |
16 (9) |
0.205 |
|
| Total | 19 | 18 | — | 59 | 179 | — | |
*Reference group.
†Hematologic malignancies, chronic lung disease (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), chronic cardiac disease, diabetes and obesity.
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