The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal  •  Volume 34, Number 3, March 2015

Letters to the Editor

Intensive Care Unit Admission Rates for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection as a Function of Age in Preterm Infants Born at 32–35-week Gestation and Not Receiving Immunoprophylaxis To The Editors: he initial results from our recent prospective multicenter observational study [the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Respiratory Events Among Preterm Infants Outcomes and Risk Tracking study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00983606)] focused on medically attended outpatient and inpatient illnesses due to confirmed RSV.1 This letter describes additional data from the study regarding RSV intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Briefly, 1642 preterm infants born at 32–35-week gestational age (wGA) that had not received and were not receiving RSV immunoprophylaxis were enrolled at

Intensive care unit admission rates for respiratory syncytial virus infection as a function of age in preterm infants born at 32-35-week gestation and not receiving immunoprophylaxis.

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