Clinical course of hospitalised children infected with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-178

  Morrow, Brenda M ^a,b   Hatherill, Mark ^a   Smuts, Heidi E M ^a   Yeats, Jane ^a   Pitcher, Richard ^a   Argent, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Human metapneumovirus; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASAL MUCOSA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645304332     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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