Colonization and infection of the respiratory tract: What do we know?

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-24

  Robinson, Joan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ADENOVIRUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CANDIDA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG ASPIRATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOTE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 1442276316     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/9.1.21     Document Type: Note

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