Immunohistochemical findings of an autopsied lung specimen from a patient with pandemic influenza (A/H1N1pdm) virus infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 507-512

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Higa, Hajime ^b   Azuma, Masato ^b   Kin, Meika ^b   Kakazu, Koichiro ^b   Toume, Masahiko ^b   Nakazato, Iwao ^b   Cash, Haley L ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^c   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar orifice; Influenza virus; Pneumonia; Smooth muscle cells; Type II epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CEFAZOLIN; GABEXATE MESILATE; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE; SIVELESTAT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PANDEMICS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857805335     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6197     Document Type: Article

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