Viral pneumonias

@article{Chien2000ViralP,
  title={Viral pneumonias},
  author={Jason W Chien and John L. Johnson},
  journal={Postgraduate Medicine},
  year={2000},
  volume={107},
  pages={41 - 52}
}
PREVIEW Viral pneumonias resulting from community outbreaks of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus infection, and parainfluenza can be life-threatening in elderly and immunocompromised persons. In this article, Drs Chien and Johnson discuss the clinical characteristics of these viruses, therapeutic options, and preventive measures. Part 1 of this article, in the January issue, presented a multifaceted approach to diagnosis of viral pneumonias. Part 2, published in February, focused on the… 
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The identification of parainfluenza virus in illnesses classically considered to be due to other viruses is intriguing and may have important implications in the management of childhood illness clinically.
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Exposure histories and molecular analysis of HPIV3 isolates suggested that both community acquired and nosocomially transmitted infections occurred during this outbreak.
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A number of recent studies and guidelines addressing issues related to early clinical suspicion and prompt empiric antimicrobial therapies are published and will be reviewed in this article.
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The assessment of severity of CAP helps physicians to identify patients who could be managed safely in an ambulatory setting and may also play a crucial role in decisions about length of hospital stay and time of switching to oral antimicrobial therapy in different groups at risk.
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Clarifying and unifying the definition of atypical pneumonia among the medical community, including radiologists, are of extreme importance because the prompt diagnosis and prevention of community spread of some atypicals microorganisms can have a relevant impact on local, regional, and global health policies.
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