The child with a non-blanching rash: How likely is meningococcal disease?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 218-222

  Wells, L C ^a   Smith, J C ^a   Weston, V C ^a   Collier, J ^a   Rutter, N ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meningococcal infection; Purpura

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEUTROPHILS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0034837241     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.85.3.218     Document Type: Article

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