Influenza in the pediatric population in Istanbul: a one center experience 2009-2014.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with influenza infection.The patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza between October 2009 and May 2014 were enrolled in this study.The mean age of the patients was 66 ± 53 months (1-204 months). Fifty-four percent of patients had a chronic underlying disease. Twenty-four patients needed mechanical ventilation support and a two-month-old patient with...