Adults hospitalised with acute respiratory illness rarely have detectable bacteria in the absence of COPD or pneumonia; viral infection predominates in a large prospective UK sample

OBJECTIVES: Many adult patients hospitalised with acute respiratory illness have viruses detected but the overall importance of viral infection compared to bacterial infection is unclear. METHODS: Patients were recruited from two acute hospital sites in Leicester (UK) over 3 successive winters. Samp...

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Autores principales: Clark, Tristan W., Medina, Marie-jo, Batham, Sally, Curran, Martin D., Parmar, Surendra, Nicholson, Karl G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25108123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2014.07.023

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