Post-tonsillectomy bacteraemia in children

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 950-952

  Walsh, R M ^a   Kumar, B N ^a   Tse, A ^a   Jones, P W ^b   Wilson, P S ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030774275     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100139040     Document Type: Article

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