Respiratory syncytial infections in the elderly. Seven cases and review of the litterature;Infections à virus respiratoire syncytial du sujet âgé: À propos de 7 cas et revue de la littérature

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-84

  Haber, Nicole ^a,b   El Helali, Najoua ^a   Février, Martine ^a   Durand Gasselin, Bernard ^a  

^a Hopital Notre Dame de Bonne Secours   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; NURSING HOME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; CASE REPORT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042822253     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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