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Health Advisory: Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality and Staphylococcus aureus co-infection
From October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007, 73 deaths from influenza in children were reported to CDC from 39 state health departments and two city health departments. Data on the presence (or absence) of bacterial co-infections were recorded for 69 of these cases; 30 (44%) had a bacterial co-infection, and 22 (73%) of these 30 were infected with Staphylococcus aureus. The number of these deaths in which pneumonia or bacteremia due to S. aureus was noted represents a five-fold increase over the 2 previous influenza seasons. No pediatric influenza deaths have been reported to-date this season locally in King County.
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