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Case Reports
. 2001 Jan;20(1):82-4.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-200101000-00019.

Fatal case of influenza B virus pneumonia in a preterm neonate

F A van den Dungen  1 , A M van Furth, W P Fetter, H L Zaaijer, R M van Elburg
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Fatal case of influenza B virus pneumonia in a preterm neonate

F A van den Dungen et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Jan.

Abstract

Influenza B infection typically has low mortality. A 1,020-g neonate had a septic clinical picture and pneumonia. Influenza B virus was isolated from nasopharyngeal and tracheal aspirates. The infant died.

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