Fever and progressive respiratory failure in three elderly family members

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1863-1867

  Lee, F Eun Hyung ^a,b   Daigle, Christopher C ^a,c   Urban, Marguerite A ^a   Metlay, Leon A ^b   Treanor, John J ^a   Trawick, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Southern New Hampshire Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISONE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 24944492841     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1863     Document Type: Article

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