Bacterial isolates from blood and lung aspirate cultures in Gambian children with lobar pneumonia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-319

  Falade, A G ^a,b   Mulholland, E K ^a   Adegbola, R A ^a   Greenwood, B M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0030727786     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747904     Document Type: Article

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