Journal article
Adverse Effects of Amantadine and Oseltamivir Used During Respiratory Outbreaks in a Center for Developmentally Disabled Adults
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Antiviral prophylaxis is recommended for the control of institutional influenza A outbreaks. In long-term-care institutions other than nursing homes, neither the seriousness of influenza nor the risks and benefits of antiviral prophylaxis is clearly understood. We studied the severity of illness due to influenza among adults residing in a center for the developmentally disabled and assessed adverse reactions to …
Authors
McGeer AJ; Lee W; Loeb M; Simor AE; McArthur M; Green K; Benjamin JH; Gardner C
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 25, No. 11, pp. 955–961
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
November 2004
DOI
10.1086/502326
ISSN
0899-823X