Nachweis bakterieller Superinfektionen bei Patienten mit Influenza A H1N1 mithilfe kultur-unabhängiger molekulargenetischer Typisierung

Diagnosis of bacterial superinfections of patients with influenza A H1N1 by culture-independent DNA sequence typing. During the current influenza A H1N1 pandemia the clinical course in infancy and childhood is generally mild and the frequency of hospitalization is low. However, pulmonary infections can be aggravated by bacterial superinfections in the absence of early and appropriate antibiotic treatment. Super-infections are mainly caused by Streptococcus. pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. A complicated respiratory infection of an eight year old boy with influenza A H1N1 infection pr…