Acute respiratory viral infections in pediatric cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

OBJECTIVE: to estimate the prevalence of infection by respiratory viruses in pediatric patients with cancer and acute respiratory infection (ARI) and/or fever. METHODS: cross-sectional study, from January 2011 to December 2012. The secretions of nasopharyngeal aspirates were analyzed in childre...

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Main Authors: Eliana C.A. Benites, Dayane P. Cabrini, Andrea C.B. Silva, Juliana C. Silva, Daniel T. Catalan, Eitan N. Berezin, Maria R.A. Cardoso, Saulo D. Passos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572014000400370&lng=en&tlng=en