Pulmonary gangrene complicating bacterial pneumonia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 784-785

  Kothari, Paras R ^a   Jiwane, Ashish ^b   Kulkarni, Bharati ^b  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Empyema; Pneumonia; Pulmonary gangrene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LOBE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0042381680     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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