An 11-month-old baby, normally healthy, suffered from multiple and uncontrollable convulsions and a mild respiratory illness this week at the Meir Medical Center from the Klalit Group. The baby was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit where he was diagnosed with influenza A and received supportive treatment.
d"R. Daganit Adam, Director of Pediatric Intensive Care at Meir Medical Center stated that: "This is the second child who came to the pediatric intensive care unit in the recent period following neurological complications of influenza type A. It is recommended to avoid the illness of the flu and its complications and to vaccinate infants and children".