Varicella-Related Deaths among Children - United States, 1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 365-368

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ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032523527     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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