Respiratory tract virus infections in the elderly with pneumonia

Respiratory tract virus infections in the elderly with pneumonia

Abstract Background In children suffering from severe lower airway illnesses, respiratory virus detection has given good prognostic information, but such reports in the elderly are scarce. Therefore, our aim was to study whether the detection of nasopharyngeal viral pathogens and conventional inflam...

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Main Authors: Matti Aronen, Laura Viikari, Ia Kohonen, Tytti Vuorinen, Mira Hämeenaho, Maarit Wuorela, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Matti Viitanen, Tuomas Jartti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Elderly
Etiology
Influenza virus
Parainfluenza virus
Pulmonary disease
Respiratory
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1125-z

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