Pneumococcal bacteremia and focal infection in young children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 531-536

  Teach, Stephen J ^a,b   Dryja, Diane M ^a   Tristram, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031723862     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700902     Document Type: Article

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