Challenges in Dengue Fever in the Elderly: Atypical Presentation and Risk of Severe Dengue and Hospita-Acquired Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Rowe, Emily K ^a,b   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,b   Wong, Joshua G X ^b   Thein, Tun Linn ^b   Gan, Victor C ^b   Lee, Linda K ^b   Lye, David C ^a,b,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE DENGUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901268760     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002777     Document Type: Article

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