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Zanamivir Use During Transmission of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A in a Nursing Home

Christine Lee, Mark Loeb, Anne Phillips, Judy Nesbitt, Karen Smith, Margaret Fearon, Margaret A. McArthur, Tony Mazzulli, Yan Li, Allison McGeer

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2000 · 59 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

A minority of nursing home residents have difficulty following instructions for zanamivir inhalations. Zanamivir was well tolerated, and its use was temporally associated with termination of an outbreak that amantadine had failed to control.

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