Data | Viral findings | ||
---|---|---|---|
 | Influenza A/H1N1 (n = 143) | Influenza A/H3N2 (n = 519) | Influenza B (n = 239) |
Clinical outcome | Â | Â | Â |
   Hospitalisation rate, No.(%) | 6 (4.2)*° | 87 (16.8) | 30 (12.5) |
Duration of hospitalisation, mean days ± SD | 5.2 ± 3.4* | 7.6 ± 4.4 | 4.6 ± 2.6* |
Absence from school, mean days ± SD | 6.10 ± 4.93* | 7.61 ± 4.44 | 6.43 ± 5.01* |
Drug use, No. (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   Antibiotics (%) | 109 (76.2)* | 470 (90.5) | 179 (74.9)* |
   Antipyretics (%) | 113 (79.0)* | 469 (90.3) | 190 (79.5)* |
   Aerosol therapy (%) | 36 (25.2)* | 222 (42.8) | 63 (26.3)* |
   Steroids (%) | 6 (4.2)* | 57 (10.9) | 8 (3.3)* |