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Prospective studies on neurological symptoms associated with influenza virus infection during the 2006-2007 influenza season (part 2) -abnormal behaviors-

MIWA TOMINAGA¹, TAKUYA TANABE¹, KEITA HARA¹, CHIKAKO KINOSHITA¹, TOSHIHIKO KASAHARA¹, MAKI KOU¹, KEISUKE OKASORA¹, TAKAHIRO MORIMOTO¹, HIROSHI TAMAI²

We compared symptomatic, clinically abnormal behaviors between subjects with and without influenza infection. Furthermore, we estimated the influence of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on these symptoms. The abnormal behaviors generally appeared during the daytime, with prominent motor symptoms, with numerous recurrences, over 24 hrs after a rise in fever in patients with influenza as compared to those without influenza. Prominent motor symptoms, recurrence of abnormal behaviors, and appearance over 24 hrs after a rise in fever were less frequent with Tamiflu administration. It was suggested that Tamiflu neither worsened nor promoted the abnormal behaviors.

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¹Division of Pediatrics, Hirakata City Hospital
²Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College

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Received	January 1, 1970
Accepted	January 1, 1970

19 (4)：468─472,2007