Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Malaysian children admitted with community acquired pneumonia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 397-401

  Chan, Patrick W K ^a,b   Lum, L C S ^a   Ngeow, Y F ^a   Yasim, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035376751     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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