Utility of blood cultures in pediatric patients found to have pneumonia in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 721-725

  Hickey, R W ^a   Bowman, M J ^a   Smith, G A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029941837     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70189-0     Document Type: Article

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