Influenza among hospitalized adults with leukemia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1095-1099

  Yousuf, Hasan M ^b   England, Janet ^b   Couch, Robert ^b   Rolston, Kenneth ^b   Luna, Mario ^b   Goodrich, James ^b   Lewis, Victor ^b   Mirza, Nadeem Q ^b   Andreeff, Michael ^b   Koller, Charles ^b   Elting, Linda ^b   Bodey, Gerald P ^b   Whimbey, Estella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; RIMANTADINE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0030922298     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513648     Document Type: Article

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