Invasive group A streptococcal infection and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among children with primary varicella

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1108-1115

  Lesko, Samuel M ^a   O'Brien, Katherine L ^b,c,d   Schwartz, Benjamin ^b,e   Vezina, Richard ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Confounding; Group A streptococcus; Ibuprofen; Necrotizing infection; NSAIDs; Varicella

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035016070     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1108     Document Type: Article

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