Human coronavirus OC43 pneumonia in a pediatric cancer patient with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 432-434

  Simon, Arne ^a   Völz, Sebastian ^a   Fleischhack, Gudrun ^a   Tillman, Ramona ^a   Müller, Andreas ^a   Bode, Udo ^a   Schildgen, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Human coronavirus; Pediatric cancer; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOWN SYNDROME; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS OC43, HUMAN; DNA, VIRAL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34249981477     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31806451c1     Document Type: Article

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