[Experience with the use of amantadine for the control of an influenza outbreak at an Elderly Home]. / Experiencias del uso de la amantadina en el control de un brote de gripe en un Hogar de Ancianos.
Rev Cubana Med Trop
; 42(2): 261-71, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
A study of an outbreak of acute respiratory disease was done at the "Carlos Font Pupo" Old People's Home. Las Tunas Province, where 30 diseased old individuals were detected; grippe was diagnosed to two of them. General attack rate was 8.6%. Curative treatment with amantadine was administered to 29 old patients and chemoprophylaxis to 26, for a total of 55 old individuals treated. The evolution of the patients was satisfactory and none new case was observed. Diarrhea was the only one secondary reaction observed in a patient under chemoprophylactic treatment. The need to carry on performing similar studies is pointed out.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Amantadina
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Gripe Humana
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Hogares para Ancianos
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe
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Cuba
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Cubana Med Trop
Año:
1990
Tipo del documento:
Article