Kulkanya ChokephaibulkitMongkol UiprasertkulPilaipan PuthavathanaPimpanada ChearskulPrasert AuewarakulScott F. DowellNirun VanpraparMahidol UniversityThailand Ministry of Public HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention2018-06-212018-06-212005-02-01Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Vol.24, No.2 (2005), 162-166089136682-s2.0-13844280489https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17081Human infections with avian influenza viruses can be severe and may be harbingers of the evolution of a pandemic strain. We present a patient in Thailand who was infected with influenza A (H5N1) virus. Prominent features included the progression from fever and dyspnea to the acute respiratory distress syndrome in a short period, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia. Establishing the diagnosis for this patient increased public awareness of the virus and was soon followed by a halting of poultry-to-human transmission. On the basis of available data, any child with suspected avian influenza infection should be treated with oseltamivir.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1097/01.inf.0000151037.25237.1e