Pathological and ultrastructural analysis of surgical lung biopsies in patients with swine-origin influenza type A/H1N1 and acute respiratory failure

Pathological and ultrastructural analysis of surgical lung biopsies in patients with swine-origin influenza type A/H1N1 and acute respiratory failure

BACKGROUND: Cases of H1N1 and other pulmonary infections evolve to acute respiratory failure and death when co-infections or lung injury predominate over the immune response, thus requiring early diagnosis to improve treatment. OBJECTIVE: To perform a detailed histopathological analysis of the open...

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Main Authors: Vera Luiza Capelozzi, Edwin Roger Parra, Manoel Ximenes, Ricardo Helbert Bammann, Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas, Marid Irmd Seixas Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2010-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Open lung biopsy
Acute lung injury
Diffuse alveolar damage
Virus
Electron microscopy
Innate immunity
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