Predictors and outcome of admission for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections at a Canadian Children's Hospital

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 597-602

  Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Davies, H Dele ^a,b   Kellner, James D ^a   Luzod, Nina Lynn ^a   Karan, Tulika ^a   Ma, Doreen ^a   Taub, Dina ^a   Nijssen Jordan, Cheri ^a   Katzko, Gary ^a   Jadavji, Taj ^a   Church, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17344364735     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514707     Document Type: Article

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