Viruses are frequently present as the infecting agent in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients presenting to hospital

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1160-1165

  Biancardi, E ^a   Fennell, M ^a,b   Rawlinson, W ^a,b   Thomas, P S ^a,c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute exacerbation of COPD; C reactive protein; flu like symptoms; nasopharyngeal aspirate; PCR; respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOCAVIRUS INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS A; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS; SEASON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOVIRUS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 84992160242     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.13213     Document Type: Article

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