Blood culture and respiratory syncytial virus identification in acute lower respiratory tract infection

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 831-836

  Miranda Novales, Guadalupe ^a,c   Solorzano Santos, Fortino ^a   Leãnos Miranda, Blanca ^b   Vazquez Rosales, Guillermo ^a   Palafox Torres, Miguel ^b   Guiscafre Gallardo, Hector ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Children; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN;

EID: 0033222367     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723847     Document Type: Article

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