Varicella pneumonia in adults: 13 Years' experience with review of literature

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 163-165

  Alanezi, Mohammed ^a  

^a SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pneumonia; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHICKENPOX; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOIDOSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA PNEUMONIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 36049012068     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.36551     Document Type: Article

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