Respiratory syncytial virus infections in pediatric transplant recipients: A Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program study

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 659-662

  Robinson, Joan L ^a,e   Grenier, Danielle ^b   MacLusky, Ian ^c   Allen, Upton D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

respiratory syncytial virus; solid organ transplant; stem cell transplantation; viral infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84938215813     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12553     Document Type: Article

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