Bacterial coinfections in lung tissue specimens from fatal cases of 2009 pandemic influenza a (H1N1) - United States, May-August 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 1071-1074

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349772459     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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