Use of oseltamivir during influenza outbreaks in Ontario nursing homes, 1999-2000

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 608-616

  Bowles, Susan K ^a   Lee, Wayne ^b   Simor, Andrew E ^a   Vearncombe, Mary ^a   Loeb, Mark ^c   Tamblyn, Susan ^d   Fearon, Margaret ^e   Li, Yan ^f   McGeer, Allison ^b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Perth District Health Unit   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza outbreak; Nursing home; Oseltamivir

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; OSELTAMIVIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036217229     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50153.x     Document Type: Article

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