Clinical and radiographic spectrum of septic pulmonary embolism

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-315

  Wong, K S ^a   Lin, T Y ^a   Huang, Y C ^a   Hsia, S H ^a   Yang, P H ^a   Chu, S M ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Pulmonology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036788949     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.4.312     Document Type: Article

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