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Characterization of multidrug-resistant influenza A/H3N2 viruses shed during 1 year by an immunocompromised child.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Dec 2006
Baz Mariana, Abed Yacine, McDonald Jane, Boivin Guy
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BACKGROUND: Development of influenza drug resistance is an important problem in immunocompromised children that could result in treatment failure and viral transmission to others. METHODS: A total of 17 influenza A/H3N2 isolates were recovered over a period of 1 year from an immunocompromised child who was initially treated with oseltamivir and then with amantadine and zanamivir for viral pneumonitis. Drug...
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