Coronaviruses OC43 and 229E lower respiratory tract co-infections: A clinical report of two cases

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-90

  Eboriadou, Maria ^a   Haidopoulou, Katerina ^a   Xanthou, Panagiota ^a   Papa, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Lower respiratory tract infection; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 42549119532     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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