A case of novel swine influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia complicated with virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 771-774

  Asai, Nobuhiro ^a   Ohkuni, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsunuma, Ryo ^a   Iwama, Kanichi ^a   Otsuka, Yoshihito ^a   Kawamura, Yasutaka ^a   Motojima, Shinji ^a   Kaneko, Norihiro ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza A (H1N1); Pneumonia; Virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PERAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84871391371     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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