title: Influenza: the disease and its complications.
abstract: Among the complications (fortunately relatively few), pneumonias are by far the most common, with about one half resulting from pneumococcal invasion. In the acutely ill, multiple antibiotic therapy may have to be initiated pending definitive etiologic diagnosis. Also, in epidemic or pre-epidemic situations, special measures are advocated for hospitals, since influenza so rapidly becomes the dominant nosocominal infection.
mesh_terms: D000547:Amantadine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008449:Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000209:etiology; D012202:Reye Syndrome / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000547:Amantadine; D001241:Aspirin