Prospective comparative study of viral, bacterial and atypical organisms identified in pneumonia and bronchiolitis in hospitalized Canadian infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-375

  Dele Davies, H ^a,d,e   Matlow, Anne ^b,d   Petric, Martin ^d   Glazier, Richard ^c,d   Wang, Elaine E L ^a,b,d  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; lower respiratory tract infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029877585     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00017     Document Type: Article

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