Case 40-2009: A 29-year-old man with fever and respiratory failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2558-

  Uyeki, Timothy M ^a   Sharma, Amita ^b,c   Branda, John A ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; GUAIFENESIN; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LEVOFLOXACIN; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ONDANSETRON; OSELTAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOFILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NOSE CONGESTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCROTAL PAIN; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SORE THROAT; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WHEEZING; ZOONOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73549083852     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0905545     Document Type: Article

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