The management of children with fever without source;Prise en charge des enfants fébriles sans signes localisateurs d'un foyer infectieux

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 324-330

  Gervaix, A ^a   Caflisch, M ^a   Suter, S ^a  

^a T   (France)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Fever of unknown origin; Infant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANAMNESIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SHORT SURVEY; URINE CULTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035107151     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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