Invasive pneumococcal infections in children with asplenia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 278-282

  Schutze, Gordon E ^a   Mason Jr , Edward O ^a   Barson, William J ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^a   Givner, Laurence B ^a   Tan, Tina Q ^a   Bradley, John S ^a   Yogev, Ram ^a   Kaplan, Sheldon L ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Infection; Pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0036223304     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200204000-00004     Document Type: Article

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