Predictors for a positive blood culture in African children with pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 292-297

  Banya, Winston A S ^a   O'Dempsey, Timothy J D ^a   Mcardle, Theresa ^a   Lloyd Evans, Nellie ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

African children; Blood culture; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; DEHYDRATION; FEVER; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; WHEEZING;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029920364     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00003     Document Type: Article

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