Incidence of respiratory pathogens in persons hospitalized with pneumonia in two provinces in Thailand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1811-1822

  Olsen, S J ^a   Thamthitiwat, S ^b   Chantra, S ^c   Chittaganpitch, M ^d   Fry, A M ^a   Simmerman, J M ^a   Baggett, H C ^b   Peret, T C T ^a   Erdman, D ^a   Benson, R ^a   Talkington, D ^a   Thacker, L ^a   Tondella, M L ^a   Winchell, J ^a   Fields, B ^a   Nicholson, W L ^e   Maloney, S ^b   Peruski, L F ^b   Ungchusak, K ^d   Sawanpanyalert, P ^d   Dowell, S F ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b International Emerging Infections Program   (Thailand)

^c Crown Prince Hospital   (Thailand)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Pneumonia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONAVIRUS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THAILAND; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM; THAILAND; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955365759     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000646     Document Type: Article

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