Antibiotic treatment of children with unsuspected meningococcal disease

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 556-560

  Wang, Vincent J ^a   Malley, Richard ^a   Fleisher, Gary R ^a   Inkelis, Stanley H ^b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harbor Univ CA Los A   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034041173     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.154.6.556     Document Type: Article

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