Evaluation of febrile children with petechial rashes: Is there consensus among pediatricians?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1135-1140

  Nelson, David G ^a   Leake, John ^b,c   Bradley, John ^b,c   Kuppermann, Nathan ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Meningococcal infections; Petechial rash; Reprints not available

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PURPURA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0032444734     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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