Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in children with cancer

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 444-446

  Ali, Muhammad ^a   Baker, Jillian M ^a   Richardson, Susan E ^b   Weitzman, Sheila ^a   Allen, Upton ^a   Abla, Oussama ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Division of Microbiology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; children; human metapneumovirus infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASMS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881474377     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31828ac89c     Document Type: Article

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