eMJA: Summary of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Summary of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents

Allen C Cheng, Dominic E Dwyer, A Thomas C Kotsimbos, Mike Starr, Tony M Korman, Jim P Buttery, Christine R Jenkins, Vicki L Krause and Paul D R Johnson

MJA 2009; 191 (3): 142-145

Introduction

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Recommendations for diagnosis of influenza

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Recommendations for treatment using antiviral agents

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Recommendations for treatment in adults

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Recommendations for treatment in children

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Recommendations for treatment in pregnant women

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Recommendations for treatment of severe influenza

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Recommendations for prophylaxis with antiviral agents

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Updated information

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Acknowledgements

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Competing interests

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Author details

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References

The complete, up-to-date guidelines can be found at: http://www.mja.com.au/ public/rop/cheng/che10661_fm.html

Since the initial reports of H1N1 influenza (human swine influenza; caused by influenza A/2009/H1N1/swl) in Mexico and the United States in mid April 2009, many thousands of cases have been reported worldwide. At the time of writing, community transmission is becoming established in many areas in Australia, but the number of reported cases is likely to be an underestimate of the true incidence due to policies for testing.

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