Baine W B, Luby J P, Martin S M
Am J Med. 1980 Feb;68(2):181-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(80)90352-6.
Fifteen patients with recent influenza B infection were admitted to three Dallas hospitals in the first 11 weeks of 1977. The patients' ages ranged from five to 73 years, with a median of 18 years. Most had no significant underlying disease. The spectrum of clinical illness included postinfluenzal bacterial pneumonia (three cases), other severe chest disease (two cases), hyperpyrexia and possible rhabdomyolysis in the elderly (two cases), onset of toxemia of pregnancy, thyroid dysfunction, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, neurologic disorders (two cases), and Reye's syndrome (three cases). Two patients died. Two elderly men with high fever and weakness entered the hospital within three days of illness and two of three patients with Reye's syndrome were admitted four days after the onset of influenza, but the 11 other patients gave a history of seven to 31 days of symptoms before being hospitalized. Morbidity and mortality with influenza B are neither trivial nor restricted to debilitated hosts.
1977年的前11周，15名近期感染乙型流感的患者被收治入达拉斯的三家医院。患者年龄从5岁至73岁不等，中位数为18岁。大多数患者无明显基础疾病。临床疾病谱包括流感后细菌性肺炎（3例）、其他严重胸部疾病（2例）、老年人高热及可能的横纹肌溶解（2例）、妊娠中毒症发作、甲状腺功能障碍、史蒂文斯－约翰逊综合征、神经系统疾病（2例）和瑞氏综合征（3例）。两名患者死亡。两名高热及虚弱的老年男性在发病三天内入院，三名瑞氏综合征患者中有两名在流感发病四天后入院，但其他11名患者在住院前有7至31天的症状史。乙型流感的发病率和死亡率不容小觑，且并不局限于身体虚弱的宿主。
