Lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Yin, Chong Chia ^a   Huah, Lim Woan ^a   Lin, Jenny Tang Poh ^a   Goh, Anne ^a   Ling, Ho ^a   Moh, Chay Oh ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Community acquired pneumonia; Empyema; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037366285     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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