An outbreak of human metapneumovirus infection in hospitalized psychiatric adult patients in Taiwan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-367

  Tu, Chuan Chou ^a   Chen, Li Kuang ^b,c   Lee, Yeong Sheng ^c,d   Ko, Ching Fen ^c,d   Chen, Chun Min ^e   Yang, Hui Hua ^b,c   Lee, Jen Jyh ^c  

^a TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^e HUALIEN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OSTELTAMIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEGIONELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL PATIENT; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NIPAH VIRUS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PSYCHIATRIC AIDES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 67649566106     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902849375     Document Type: Article

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