H7N9 influenza A-induced pneumonia associated with acute myelitis in an adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1093-1095

  Xia, Jun Bo ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a   Hu, Jun ^b   Wang, Li Min ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a  

^a HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myelitis; H7N9; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; H7N9 INFLUENZA A PNEUMONIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PULSE RATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; URINE RETENTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELITIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 84900993199     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1801     Document Type: Article

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