Bacterial toxicosis/toxic shock syndrome as a contributor to morbidity in children with burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 733-738

  Brown, Alastair P ^a   Khan, Khalid ^a   Sinclair, Stephen ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Diagnosis; Incidence; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOSA; MUSCLE DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; THERMAL INJURY; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0141889009     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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