Etiological diagnosis of pneumonia - A critical view;Diagnóstico etiológico das pneumonias - Uma visão crítica

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Rodrigues, Joaquim Carlos ^a   Da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ferreira ^a   Bush, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036868097     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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