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Diagnosis of influenza from lower respiratory tract sampling after negative upper respiratory tract sampling

In this retrospective cohort study, we demonstrate that PCR-confirmed diagnoses of influenza were made solely by lower respiratory sampling in 6.9% of cases, as traditional upper respiratory tract tests were negative, indeterminate or not performed. Clinical features of these cases are presented. Cl...

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Autores principales: Bogoch, Isaac I., Andrews, Jason R., Zachary, Kimon C., Hohmann, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23135351
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/viru.22466