Research Article
Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens among Elderly Nursing Home Residents with Acute Respiratory Infections in Corsica, France, 2013–2017
Table 1
Characteristics of residents with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) swabbed during the four winter seasons of surveillance (2013/2014–2016/2017).
| | Characteristics | (%) |
| | Number of residents swabbed | 107 | | 2013/2014 | 6 (5.6) | | 2014/2015 | 29 (27.1) | | 2015/2016 | 26 (24.3) | | 2016/2017 | 46 (43.0) | | Age (years), median (IQR) | 88 (63–103) | | Age group (years) | | | 60–69 | 4 (3.7) | | 70–79 | 10 (9.3) | | 80–89 | 47 (44) | | ≥90 | 46 (43) | | Female gender, (%) | 80 (74.8) | | Seasonal influenza vaccination, (%) | 97 (90.6) | | Risk factors, (%) | 55 (51.4) | | Symptoms, (%) | | | Fever | 82 (76.6) | | Cough | 96 (89.7) | | Headache | 21 (19.6) | | Short of breath | 15 (14.0) | | Runny nose | 38 (35.5) | | Asthenia | 58 (54.2) | | Otitis | 0 (0.0) | | Conjunctival hyperemia | 4 (3.7) | | Abdominal pain | 2 (1.9) | | Diarrhea | 3 (2.8) | | Vomiting | 0 (0.0) | | Antibiotics, (%) | 39 (36.4) | | Oseltamivir, (%) | 4 (3.7) | | Hospitalization, (%) | 6 (5.6) | | Death, (%) | 3 (2.8) |
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IQR: interquartile range.
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