Giuseppe
Emeritus
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009?associated Pneumonia (Emerg Infect Dis., abstract, edited)
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: <cite cite="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/2/279.htm">Pandemic (H1N1) 2009?associated Pneumonia | CDC EID</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Volume 17, Number 2?February 2011
Dispatch
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009?associated Pneumonia in Children, Japan
Maki Hasegawa, Takafumi Okada, Hiroshi Sakata, Eiichi Nakayama, Tatsuo Fuchigami, Yasuji Inamo, Hideo Mugishima, Takeshi Tajima, Satoshi Iwata, Miyuki Morozumi, Kimiko Ubukata, Haruo Watanabe, and Takashi Takahashi
Author affiliations: Kitasato University, Tokyo (M. Hasegawa, T. Okada, E. Nakayama, M. Morozumi, K. Ubukata, T. Takahashi); Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (M. Hasegawa, T. Fuchigami, Y. Inamo, H. Mugishima); National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo (T. Okada, S. Iwata); Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan (H. Sakata); Komagome Hospital, Tokyo (E. Nakayama); Hakujikai Memorial Hospital, Tokyo (T. Tajima); and National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (H. Watanabe)
Abstract
To describe clinical aspects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus?associated pneumonia in children, we studied 80 such children, including 17 (21%) with complications, who were admitted to 5 hospitals in Japan during August?November 2009 after a mean of 2.9 symptomatic days. All enrolled patients recovered (median hospitalization 6 days). Timely access to hospitals may have contributed to favorable outcomes.
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[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: <cite cite="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/2/279.htm">Pandemic (H1N1) 2009?associated Pneumonia | CDC EID</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Volume 17, Number 2?February 2011
Dispatch
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009?associated Pneumonia in Children, Japan
Maki Hasegawa, Takafumi Okada, Hiroshi Sakata, Eiichi Nakayama, Tatsuo Fuchigami, Yasuji Inamo, Hideo Mugishima, Takeshi Tajima, Satoshi Iwata, Miyuki Morozumi, Kimiko Ubukata, Haruo Watanabe, and Takashi Takahashi
Author affiliations: Kitasato University, Tokyo (M. Hasegawa, T. Okada, E. Nakayama, M. Morozumi, K. Ubukata, T. Takahashi); Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (M. Hasegawa, T. Fuchigami, Y. Inamo, H. Mugishima); National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo (T. Okada, S. Iwata); Asahikawa-Kosei General Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan (H. Sakata); Komagome Hospital, Tokyo (E. Nakayama); Hakujikai Memorial Hospital, Tokyo (T. Tajima); and National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (H. Watanabe)
Abstract
To describe clinical aspects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus?associated pneumonia in children, we studied 80 such children, including 17 (21%) with complications, who were admitted to 5 hospitals in Japan during August?November 2009 after a mean of 2.9 symptomatic days. All enrolled patients recovered (median hospitalization 6 days). Timely access to hospitals may have contributed to favorable outcomes.
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