Condition
Clinical Presentation of Influenza in Children
Editors: Paritosh Prasad MD
References
General references used
The references listed below are used in this DynaMed topic primarily to support background information and for guidance where evidence summaries are not felt to be necessary. Most references are incorporated within the text along with the evidence summaries.
- Treanor, JJ. Influenza (Including avian influenza and swine influenza). In: Bennett J, Dolin R, Blaser M, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 8th ed. New York, NY: Saunders; 2015:2000-24 .
- Livingston RA, Bernstein HH. Prevention of Influenza in Children. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015 Dec;29(4):597-615.
- Kumar V. Influenza in Children. Indian J Pediatr. 2017 Feb;84(2):139-43.
- Campigotto A, Mubareka S. Influenza-associated bacterial pneumonia; managing and controlling infection on two fronts. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2015 Jan;13(1):55-68.
- Ekstrand JJ. Neurologic complications of influenza. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Sep;19(3):96-100.
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1Level 1 (likely reliable) Evidence
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