The impact of bacterial and viral co-infection in severe influenza

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-176

  Blyth, Christopher C ^a,b,c   Webb, Steve A R ^d,e   Kok, Jen ^a,f   Dwyer, Dominic E ^a,f   van Hal, Sebastiaan J ^g,h,p   Foo, Hong ^a,g,i,t   Ginn, Andrew N ^a,f   Kesson, Alison M ^j,k   Seppelt, I ^l   Iredell, Jonathan R ^a,f   Bennett, G ^m   Ong, L ^m   Nand, K ^m   Reece, G ^m   Sara, T ^m   Bishop, G ⁿ   Festa, M ^j   Li, F ^j   Blythe, D ^o   Palermo, A ^o   Parr, M ^p   Micallef, S ^p   Hoyling, L ^l   Weisbrodt, L ^l   Shehabi, Y ^q   Campbell, M ^q   Stockdale, V ^q   Erickson, S ^c   Chamberlain, J ^d   Gould, A ^d   McEntaggart, G ^d   Inskip, D ^r   Lamb, D ^r   Myburgh, J ^r   Sidoli, R ^r   Numa, A ^s   Williams, G ^s   Young, J ^s   Boyd, R ^a   Nayyar, V ^a   Skelly, C ^a   Stachowski, E ^a   Sterba, M ⁱ   Johnson, B ⁱ   Branley, J ^l   Rawlinson, W D ^q   Outhred, A ^q   Flexman, J ^d   McPhie, K ^a   Patterson, J ^a   more..

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^l NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ CAMPBELLTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p Liverpool Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^q PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^r ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^s SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^t St George Hospital ^*

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Author keywords

Co infection; Influenza; Intensive care; Pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBESITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PICORNAVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84873723419     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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