Pleural empyema in children

Singapore Paediatric Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 122-129

  Lim, S S L ^a   Lim, W H ^a   Ho, L ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decortication; Parapneumonic effusions; Pleural empyema; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECORTICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; SINGAPORE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033634634     PISSN: 02189941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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