Sepsis and empyema by group a beta-hemolytic streptococcus as a complication of varicella;Sepsis y empiema por estreptococo beta-hemolitico del grupo a en el curso de una varicela

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-190

  Mencia Bartolome S ^b   Riaza Gomez M ^b   Valdivielso Serna, A ^b   Casado Flores, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUCTION;

EID: 0032847957     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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