Viruses Associated With Pneumonia in Adults
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Viruses associated with pneumonia in adults.
Viral pneumonia, which is typically associated with disease in childhood, is increasingly recognized as causing problems in adults. Certain viruses, such as influenza virus, can attack fully immunocompetent adults, but many viruses take advantage of more-vulnerable patients. The latter include patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy and elderly subjects, particularly those residing in long...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis297