Necrotizing pneumococcal pneumonia in childhood

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-221

  McCarthy, Vincent P ^a   Patamasucon, Pisespong ^a   Gaines, Thomas ^a   Lucas, Melinda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopleural fistula; Empyema; Lung abscess; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG ABSCESS; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032874090     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199909)28:3<217::AID-PPUL9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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