Influenza-associated pneumonia in a Turkish area with endemic avian influenza

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 444-446

  Özbay, Bülent ^a   Sertoǧullarindan, Bunyamin ^a   Tekin, Murat ^a   Altinoz, Orhan ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Influenza; Severe

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROGNOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 41849135037     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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