A potentially preventable case of serious influenza infection in a pregnant patient

The case: A 16-year-old pregnant teenager (gravida 1, para 0) presented at 32 weeks' gestation to a local emergency department in late December 2006 with a 5-day history of increasing dyspnea, low-grade fever, nausea and vomiting. She had taken amoxicillin for 3 days based on a presumptive diagnosis