Cytomegalovirus in the intensive care unit: Pathogen or passenger?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2095-2096

  Cohen, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Herpesvirus; Intensive care unit; Prophylaxis; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PLACEBO; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 66449104180     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a5e725     Document Type: Editorial

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