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Should clinical case definitions of influenza in hospitalized older adults include fever?
INTRODUCTION: Influenza is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly persons. Fever is included in all standard definitions of influenza-like illness (ILI), yet older patients may have diminished febrile response to infection. Therefore, we examined the utility of various thresholds to def...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549099/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12316 |