Clinicopathological findings of four cases of pure influenza virus A pneumonia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1333-1342

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^b   Higa, Hajime ^c   Azuma, Masato ^c   Yoshinouchi, Takeo ^d   Haranaga, Shusaku ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center   (Japan)

^d Toyokawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar hemorrhage; Diffuse alveolar damage; Influenza A virus; Organizing pneumonia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; INFLUENZA A ANTIBODY; LANINAMIVIR; MEROPENEM; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR DAMAGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS PNEUMONIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT; BIOPSY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902457161     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1174     Document Type: Article

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