Significance of fever in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-159

  Wierenga, K J J ^a   Hambleton, I R ^a   Wilson, R M ^a   Alexander, H ^a   Serjeant, B E ^a   Serjeant, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Bacteraemia; Fever; Homozygous; Painful crisis; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE PAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035126269     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.84.2.156     Document Type: Article

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