Community acquired pneumonia - A prospective UK study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 408-412

  Drummond, P ^a   Clark, J ^a   Cant, A ^a   Wheeler, J ^b   Galloway, A ^b   Freeman, R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Pneumococcus; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIRUSES;

EID: 0033766423     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.5.408     Document Type: Article

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