Typhoid fever in hospitalized children in Singapore

Journal of Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Oh, H M L ^a,b   Masayu, Z ^a,c   Chew, S K ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Singapore)

^b New Changi Hospital   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SINGAPORE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0030786525     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)94283-3     Document Type: Article

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