Swine Influenza (H1N1) Pneumonia: Clinical Considerations

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-228

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CA MRSA CAP; CPK; Pandemic influenza; Relative lymphopenia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SWINE INFLUENZA; SYMPTOM; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 76649090662     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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