Ibuprofen and skin and soft tissue superinfections in children with varicella

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 440-445

  Choo, Peter W ^a,c   Donahue, James G ^a   Platt, Richard ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory Agents; Chickenpox; Cohort Study; Ibuprofen; Necrotizing Fasciitis; Nonsteroidal; Pharmacoepidemiology; Streptococcus pyogenes; Varicella Zoster

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0030711726     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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