title: Influenza virus infection mimicking an acute abdomen in a female adolescent.
abstract: We report an adolescent with respiratory symptoms admitted for clinical signs of an acute abdomen. The only diagnostic finding was influenza A viral RNA detected in an upper respiratory tract specimen. Influenza should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with respiratory illness and abdominal pain during influenza season.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Karina L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Vivar
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Uyeki
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Abdominal pain; cytokine storm; hypercytokinemia; influenza