Severe community-acquired adenovirus pneumonia treated with oral ribavirin: a case report
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the United States. It accounts for 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths each year, and it represents one of the most common causes of ICU admission. The mortality rate due to severe CAP has shown little improvement over the past few years, with rates as high as 58% when patients were admitted to t...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2370-2