کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3323645 1211905 2007 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Community-Acquired Viral Pneumonia
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب سالمندان و علم پیری شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Community-Acquired Viral Pneumonia
چکیده انگلیسی
Advanced age often is associated with functional and immunologic decline and chronic cardiopulmonary diseases that predispose to pneumonia when viral infection occurs. Influenza virus remains the primary viral pathogen in the elderly, although the impact of the other respiratory viruses remains to be defined. The clinical syndromes associated with respiratory viruses frequently are indistinguishable from one another or bacterial pathogens; often, viral illness in older adults exacerbates underlying conditions, complicating diagnosis. Antiviral therapy is available for influenza A and B; specific viral diagnosis, particularly with the use of rapid antigen detection, may be useful for clinical management. Treatment for other viruses primarily is supportive.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - Volume 23, Issue 3, August 2007, Pages 535-552
نویسندگان
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