Clinical profile of serologically diagnosed pneumococcal pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1028-1033

  Juvén, Taina ^a   Mertsola, Jussi ^a   Toikka, Pia ^a   Virkki, Raimo ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^b   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infection; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PNEUMOLYSIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0035163859     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200111000-00005     Document Type: Article

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