Spectrum of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children at a university hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-12

  Abdullah, Assad M A ^a   Chowdhury, Mohammed N H ^a   Al Mazrou, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Zamil, Fahad ^a   Kambal, Abdel Mageed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031056304     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.1.10     Document Type: Article

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