Clinical manifestations of influenza A and B in children and adults at a tertiary hospital in Korea during the 2011–2012 season

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-26

  Hong, Kyung Wook ^a   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a   Song, Joon Young ^a   Noh, Ji Yun ^a   Yang, Tae Un ^a   Kim, Woo Joo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult; Child; Epidemiology; Influenza A virus; Influenza B virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; KOREA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOGLOBINURIA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STUDY DESIGN; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921848182     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2013.466     Document Type: Article

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