Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Chiu, Wen Jen ^a   Kao, Hsiu Tsun ^b   Huang, Jing Long ^c  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Necrotizing pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL;

EID: 0036762898     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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