CT utilization in the prospective diagnosis of a case of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) viral infection

Journal of Radiology Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Ajlan, Amr M ^a   Khashoggi, Khalid ^a   Nicolaou, Savvas ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; Ground glass opacity; H1N1; Organizing pneumonia; Radiography; Swine origin influenza A; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOSE SMEAR; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEAT; SWINE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949304013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v4i3.427     Document Type: Article

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