Sepsis and congenital asplenia

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 555-559

  Waldman, Jon Deane ^a,b   Rosenthal, Amnon ^c   Smith, Arnold L ^c   Shurin, Susan ^c   Nadas, Alexander S ^c  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

EID: 0017575777     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(77)80365-X     Document Type: Article

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