Manifestaciones respiratorias de la gripe aviar

The symptoms of avian influenza range from typical influenza symptoms - fever, cough, sore throat and muscle ache - to eye infection, pneumonia, respiratory distress and other, sometimes fatal, complications. All patients show clinical and radiological signs of pneumonia with radiological alterations that include diffuse infiltrates and lobar or segmentary consolidations on air bronchogram. Mortality is high. The most active treatment consists of neuraminidase inhibitors, among which oseltamivir is the most widely used, achieving a reduction in viral replication and improving survival. Human cases have coincided with epidemics in birds. Because of the severity of this disease, close follow-up and investigation are warranted.