The changing trend in the pattern of infective etiologies in childhood acute lower respiratory tract infection

Acta Paediatrica Japonica (Overseas Edition)

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Moh Chay, O H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Childhood; Etiology; Respiratory tract infection; Trends

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030921049     PISSN: 03745600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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