Varicella-zoster virus pneumonia in an adult population: Has mortality decreased?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Chiner, Eusebi ^a   Ballester, Irene ^b   Betlloch, Isabel ^b   Blanquer, José ^c   Aguar, M Carmen ^d   Blanquer, Rafael ^e   Fernández Fabrellas, Estrella ^e   Andreu, Ada Luz ^a   Briones, Marisa ^c   Sanz, Francisco ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; SODIUM; STEROID; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLISTER; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DELIRIUM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN TENSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUSTULE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPUTUM; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649119790     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903428166     Document Type: Article

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