Invasive pneumococcal infections in pediatric cardiac transplant patients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 946-950

  Stovall, Stephanie H ^a   Ainley, Kathy A ^a   Mason Jr , Edward O ^c   Tucker, Nancy C ^b   Frazier, Elizabeth A ^a   Parker, James G ^a   Morrow, William R ^a   Schutze, Gordon E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplant; Infections; Pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARKANSAS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORDS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034791036     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200110000-00007     Document Type: Article

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