title: Influenza A pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis.
abstract: Influenza A pneumonia accounts for a significant number of the community-acquired pneumonias in the United States. While myalgia is a common complaint in influenza A infection, few cases of rhabdomyolysis associated with this virus have been described. Although it has been recently recognized that rhabdomyolysis complicating certain bacterial pneumonias has important prognostic implications, rhabdomyolysis in the setting of influenza A pneumonia does not appear to carry the same prognostic significance.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tenn, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathai
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000821:virology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D011379:Prognosis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000821:virology; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase