Do oral antibiotics prevent meningitis and serious bacterial infections in children with Streptococcus pneumoniae occult bacteremia? A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 438-444

  Rothrock, Steven G ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^b   Green, Steven M ^c   Clark, Mark C ^a   Bachur, Richard ^b   McIlmail, Daniel P ^a   Giordano, Philip A ^a   Falk, Jay L ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030944093     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.3.438     Document Type: Article

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