Diagnosis of influenza in intensive care units: Lower respiratory tract samples are better than nose-throat swabs

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 929-930

  Roa, Paula López ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, Belen ^a   Catalán, Pilar ^a   Giannella, Maddalena ^a   Alcalá, Luis ^a   Padilla, Belén ^a   Viedma, Darío García ^a,b   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84868288219     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.186.9.929     Document Type: Letter

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