Rapid detection and clinical features of influenza and parainfluenza in infants and young children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory illnesses

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-165

  Meqdam, Mamdoh M ^a   Subaih, Sami H ^b   Thwiny, Ibrahim R ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Buraidah Maternity and Pediatric Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WINTER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944487829     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi002     Document Type: Article

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