Respiratory infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus in the adult population: Description of 16 cases;Infecciones respiratorias causadas por el virus respiratorio sincitial en la población adulta: descripción de 16 casos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 163-166

  Reina, Jordi ^a   López, Carla ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adults; Respiratory infections; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENETICS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SMOKING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TONSILLITIS; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SMOKING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84881150799     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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