Impact of pandemic influenza (H1N1) virus-associated community-acquired pneumonia among adults in a tertiary hospital in Thailand

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Champunot, Ratapum ^a   Tanjatham, Sansanee ^b   Kerdsin, Anusak ^c   Puangpatra, Parichart ^c   Wangsai, Sunee ^a   Treebuphachatsakul, Pornpit ^a   Tasnsuphaswasdikul, Somboon ^a   Kiatvitchukul, Chavalit ^b   Kasyanan, Harutaya ^a   Yimsabai, Jutharak ^a   Akeda, Yukihiro ^e   Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^d   Sawanpanyalert, Pathom ^c   Dejsirilert, Surang ^c   Oishi, Kazunori ^e  

^a BUDDHACHINARAJ HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Regional Medical Sciences Center   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954986656     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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