Five children with purulent pericarditis and review of the literature

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Kabbani, Mohamed Salim ^a   Najm, Hani ^a   Godman, Michael ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

CHILD; DRAINAGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642417589     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013277     Document Type: Review

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