Primacy staphylococcal pneumonia in young children: A review of 100 cases

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Goel, A ^b   Bamford, L ^b   Hanslo, D ^b   Hussey, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DRAIN; EMPYEMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; TACHYPNEA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032586681     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.4.233     Document Type: Article

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