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. 2021 Feb;82(2):e36-e39.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.017. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Medical features of COVID-19 and influenza infection: A comparative study in Paris, France

Hélène Faury  1 , Camille Courboulès  1 , Mathilde Payen  1 , Aude Jary  2 , Pierre Hausfater  3 , CharlesEdouard Luyt  4 , Martin Dres  5 , Valérie Pourcher  6 , Basma Abdi  2 , Marc Wirden  2 , Vincent Calvez  2 , Anne-Geneviève Marcelin  2 , David Boutolleau  2 , Sonia Burrel  7
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Medical features of COVID-19 and influenza infection: A comparative study in Paris, France

Hélène Faury et al. J Infect. 2021 Feb.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Influenza; References: 10; Risk factors; Severe clinical forms.

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Duration from illness onset and clinical courses in COVID-19 (n = 100) and influenza groups (n = 100) Histograms represent duration in days of symptoms before admission (blue), stay out of ICU (light pink), stay in ICU for severe cases (red), and in post-ICU supportive care wards (yellow). n represent the number of concerned patients according to type of hospitalization. The median time from illness onset (i.e. before admission) to admission was 4 days [IQR: 1–6] and 2 days [IQR: 0–4] for COVID-19 and influenza patients, respectively (p = 0.02). The median time of hospitalization out of ICU was 5 days [IQR: 1–10] and 1 day [IQR: 0–8] for COVID-19 and influenza patients, respectively (p = 0.0112). Overall, 20 and 5 patients died in both groups, respectively. Among ICU-hospitalized patients (31 COVID-19 and 12 influenza), 11 and 3 patients died in both groups, respectively. * symbolizes significant differences between COVID-19 and influenza groups. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; ICU: intensive care unit. p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
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