Delay in diagnosis of influenza virus in an elderly hospitalized patient: A fatal outcome

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-8

  Haber, Nicole ^a   Khelili, Djamal ^a   Martineau, Delphine ^a   Dekimeche, Siham ^a   Szekely, Carol ^a   Lebon, Pierre ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b Department of Virology Hôpital Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Hospitalized elderly; Immunofluorescent test; Influenza; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; LUNG INFILTRATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84856998655     PISSN: 11795476     EISSN: 11795476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CCRep.S8460     Document Type: Article

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