Predictors of severity and prolonged hospital stay of viral acute respiratory infections (ARI) among children under five years in Burkina Faso, 2016–2019
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Published:2024-03-20
Issue:1
Volume:24
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ISSN:1471-2334
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Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
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language:en
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Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis
Author:
Ilboudo Abdoul Kader,Cissé Assana,Milucky Jennifer,Tialla Dieudonné,Mirza Sara A.,Diallo Alpha Oumar,Bicaba Brice W.,Charlemagne Kondombo Jean,Diagbouga Potiandi Serge,Owusu Daniel,Waller Jessica L.,Talla-Nzussouo Ndahwouh,Charles Myrna D.,Whitney Cynthia G.,Tarnagda Zekiba
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Viruses are the leading etiology of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in children. However, there is limited knowledge on drivers of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases involving viruses. We aimed to identify factors associated with severity and prolonged hospitalization of viral SARI among children < 5 years in Burkina Faso.
Methods
Data were collected from four SARI sentinel surveillance sites during October 2016 through April 2019. A SARI case was a child < 5 years with an acute respiratory infection with history of fever or measured fever ≥ 38 °C and cough with onset within the last ten days, requiring hospitalization. Very severe ARI cases required intensive care or had at least one danger sign. Oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal specimens were collected and analyzed by multiplex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) using FTD-33 Kit. For this analysis, we included only SARI cases with rRT-PCR positive test results for at least one respiratory virus. We used simple and multilevel logistic regression models to assess factors associated with very severe viral ARI and viral SARI with prolonged hospitalization.
Results
Overall, 1159 viral SARI cases were included in the analysis after excluding exclusively bacterial SARI cases (n = 273)very severe viral ARI cases were common among children living in urban areas (AdjOR = 1.3; 95% CI: 1.1–1.6), those < 3 months old (AdjOR = 1.5; 95% CI: 1.1–2.3), and those coinfected with Klebsiella pneumoniae (AdjOR = 1.9; 95% CI: 1.2–2.2). Malnutrition (AdjOR = 2.2; 95% CI: 1.1–4.2), hospitalization during the rainy season (AdjOR = 1.71; 95% CI: 1.2–2.5), and infection with human CoronavirusOC43 (AdjOR = 3; 95% CI: 1.2-8) were significantly associated with prolonged length of hospital stay (> 7 days).
Conclusion
Younger age, malnutrition, codetection of Klebsiella pneumoniae, and illness during the rainy season were associated with very severe cases and prolonged hospitalization of SARI involving viruses in children under five years. These findings emphasize the need for preventive actions targeting these factors in young children.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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