PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sherif B. Mossad
TI  - Influenza in long-term care facilities: Preventable, detectable, treatable
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.09022
DP  - 2009 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 513--521
VI  - 76
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/9/513.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/9/513.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2009 Sep 01; 76
AB  - Influenza in long-term care facilities is an ever more challenging problem. Vaccination of residents and health care workers is the most important preventive measure. Although vaccine efficacy has been questioned, the preponderance of data favors vaccination. Antiviral resistance complicates postexposure chemoprophylaxis and treatment. Factors that limit the choice of antiviral agents in this patient population include limited vaccine supplies and impaired dexterity and confusion in long-term care residents.