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COMPLICATIONS OF INFLUENZA AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
FORBES J. A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb111173.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , medicine , pneumonia , respiratory system , viral pneumonia , pneumonitis , disease , intensive care medicine , respiratory disease , virology , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , lung , biology , paleontology
The complications of influenza are described in the context of severe respiratory disease caused by other respiratory viruses which are commonly epidemic at the same time. The capacities of the various respiratory viruses to predispose to secondary bacterial pneumonia, influenza being the most potent, are compared. The severe impact of influenza epidemics on the elderly and on those with preexisting chronic disease is illustrated, and uncommon fatal cases of influenzal pneumonitis due to gross viral involvement are described.