Invasive pneumococcal disease in Jamaican children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  McGregor, D ^b   Barton, Michelle ^a   Thomas, S ^b   Christie, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Bustamante Hospital for Children   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 1642341378     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013312     Document Type: Review

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