Spontaneous pneumomediastinum complicating pneumonia in children infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Hasegawa, M ^a,b   Hashimoto, K ^a   Morozumi, M ^b   Ubukata, K ^b   Takahashi, T ^b   Inamo, Y ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A (H1N1) virus; Children; Influenza; Pneumonia; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PANDEMIC; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHEEZING;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 74549226222     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03086.x     Document Type: Article

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