THE B FLU ASSOCIATED WITH SHOCK AND MULTIPLE ORGANIC FAILURE SYNDROME (MSOF)
Abstract:
The severe evolution of influenza is frequently associated with the virus A flu infection. The
virus B flu infection has been considered rather rare and most frequently having a benign evolution. The
severity of the flu is associated with some population groups who are prone to it, like patients over 65,
or patients who have certain chronic medical conditions, like asthma, BPCO chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic kidney insufficiency, chronic liver diseases, congestive cardiac
insufficiency, patients suffering from syclemy, diabetes, neoplasias, long-term corticotherapy or chronic
treatment with aspirin to patients under 19, neurological diseases, pregnancy (especially the last
trimester), children under the age of 2 and - in the light of the last pandemic - obese patients with IMC
>40 kg/m2 - body mass index >40 kg. We are presenting a case of B influenza in a young patient having
no other diseases, with a severe evolution, shock and multiple organic failure syndrome (MSOF).
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