Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in adult solid organ transplant recipients in Singapore

Transplantation

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1016-1021

  Low, Chian Yong ^a   Kee, Terence ^a   Chan, Kwai Peng ^a   Oon, Lynette L E ^a   Tan, Chee Kiat ^a   Tee, Nancy W S ^b   Tan, Ban Hock ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Pandemic (H1N1) 2009; Solid organ transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EVEROLIMUS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; ZANAMIVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSELTAMIVIR; PANDEMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 78650277947     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f546cf     Document Type: Article

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