Community-acquired pneumonia distinguished from influenza infection based on clinical signs and symptoms during a novel (swine) influenza A/H1N1 pandemic

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Nakanishi, Masanori ^a   Yoshida, Yishimasa ^a   Takeda, Nobuya ^a   Hirana, Hirohumi ^a   Horita, Takahiro ^a   Shimizu, Kazuhiko ^a   Hiratani, Kazuyuki ^a   Toyoda, Shigeo ^a   Matsumura, Takayuki ^a   Shinno, Eiji ^a   Hutamura, Akihiro ^a   Ota, Masanari ^a   Natazuka, Toshoki ^a  

^a Shinseikai Toyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Differential diagnosis; Influenza A H1N1; Primary care; Pulmonary diseases; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREDICTION; RAPID INFLUENZA ANTIGEN TEST; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 85027934565     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00067     Document Type: Article

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