Respiratory virus infections in adults with hematologic malignancies: A prospective study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Martino, Rodrigo ^a   Rámila, Elena ^a   Rabella, Núria ^a   Muñoz, José Manuel ^a   Peyret, Mercé ^a   Portos, José Manuel ^a   Laborda, Rosario ^a   Sierra, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCREENING TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1, HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037232780     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344899     Document Type: Article

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