Correlation of leucocyte count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate with the day of illness in presumed bacterial pneumonia of childhood

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Triga, M G ^a   Syrogiannopoulos, G A ^a   Thoma, K D ^a   Fezoulidis, I B ^a   Pastromas, V G ^a   Beratis, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031599845     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)93198-X     Document Type: Article

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