Typhoid fever in children: A fourteen-year experience

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-32

  Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a   Tsai, Jiunn Rong ^a   Ou, Jonathan T ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELAPSE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TAIWAN; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0034043887     PISSN: 00016578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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