Tula hantavirus infection in immunocompromised host, Czech Republic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1873-1876

  Zelená, Hana ^a,b   Mrázek, Jakub ^a   Kuhn, Tomáš ^c  

^a Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; D DIMER; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; TULA VIRUS; VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENOME, VIRAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84887001586     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.130421     Document Type: Article

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