Clinical characteristics of children with influenza A virus infection requiring hospitalization

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Wang, Ying Hsiang ^a   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^a   Kao, Hsiu Tsun ^a   Lin, Pen Yi ^a   Huang, Chung Guei ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child; Hospitalization; Influenza A virus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSIS; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038152787     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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