Bilateral empyema and pneumonia due to chloramphenicol-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-209

  Chang, A B ^a   Stokes, K ^a   Robinson, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; chlo ramphenicol; decortication; effusion; empyema; Haemophilus influenzae; pneumonia; thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029954543     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199609)22:3<207::AID-PPUL11>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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