Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases

Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases

Flu is a highly contagious, acute respiratory disease that may spread easily. Influenza viruses are the only agent of the flu. These viruses are known to cause pneumonia and mortality especially in immunocompromised patients. In this report, two influenza pneumonia cases were reported. The first cas...

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Main Authors: Birgül METE, Gökhan AYGÜN, Aslıhan DEMİREL, Sevgi ERGİN, Kenan MİDİLLİ, Gülden YILMAZ, Seval ÜRKMEZ, Yalım DİKMEN, Recep ÖZTÜRK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2009-03-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Subjects:
Influenza virus
Pneumonia
Diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2009-14-1-408-051.pdf
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spelling doaj-c8ecf8fe245f4314a7958a16f316cbbd2020-11-24T20:51:34ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2009-03-011414851Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two CasesBirgül METE0Gökhan AYGÜN1Aslıhan DEMİREL2Sevgi ERGİN3Kenan MİDİLLİ4Gülden YILMAZ5Seval ÜRKMEZ6Yalım DİKMEN7Recep ÖZTÜRK8Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Cerrahpasa, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, TurkeyFlu is a highly contagious, acute respiratory disease that may spread easily. Influenza viruses are the only agent of the flu. These viruses are known to cause pneumonia and mortality especially in immunocompromised patients. In this report, two influenza pneumonia cases were reported. The first case was a 22 years old women with systemic lupus erythematosus receiving immunosupressive treatment. The second case was a 76 years old women. In this paper we aimed to emphasize the importance of influenza viruses in community- acquired pneumonia especially in immunocompromised and/or elderly patient populations.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2009-14-1-408-051.pdfInfluenza virusPneumoniaDiagnosis
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author Birgül METE
Gökhan AYGÜN
Aslıhan DEMİREL
Sevgi ERGİN
Kenan MİDİLLİ
Gülden YILMAZ
Seval ÜRKMEZ
Yalım DİKMEN
Recep ÖZTÜRK
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Gökhan AYGÜN
Aslıhan DEMİREL
Sevgi ERGİN
Kenan MİDİLLİ
Gülden YILMAZ
Seval ÜRKMEZ
Yalım DİKMEN
Recep ÖZTÜRK
Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Influenza virus
Pneumonia
Diagnosis
author_facet Birgül METE
Gökhan AYGÜN
Aslıhan DEMİREL
Sevgi ERGİN
Kenan MİDİLLİ
Gülden YILMAZ
Seval ÜRKMEZ
Yalım DİKMEN
Recep ÖZTÜRK
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title Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
title_short Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
title_full Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Primary Influenza A Pneumonia: Report of Two Cases
title_sort primary influenza a pneumonia: report of two cases
publisher Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
series Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
issn 1300-932X
1300-932X
publishDate 2009-03-01
description Flu is a highly contagious, acute respiratory disease that may spread easily. Influenza viruses are the only agent of the flu. These viruses are known to cause pneumonia and mortality especially in immunocompromised patients. In this report, two influenza pneumonia cases were reported. The first case was a 22 years old women with systemic lupus erythematosus receiving immunosupressive treatment. The second case was a 76 years old women. In this paper we aimed to emphasize the importance of influenza viruses in community- acquired pneumonia especially in immunocompromised and/or elderly patient populations.
topic Influenza virus
Pneumonia
Diagnosis
url http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2009-14-1-408-051.pdf
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