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Virus Infections in Children in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit during an Influenza Epidemic


W. Du T. Naude
M. Klein
G.A. Keen
A. Kipps

Abstract

The incidence and severity of virus infections in a children's respiratory intensive care unit during an influenza A epidemic were studied. Infections caused by the Port Chalmers strain of influenza A or by an adenovirus were associated with severe, often fatal, pneumonia, whereas infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus or cytomegalovirus carried a good prognosis.


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