Bacterial infection and sickle cell anemia: An analysis of 250 infections in 166 patients and a review of the literature1

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1971, Pages 97-112

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0015021874     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-197103000-00002     Document Type: Article

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