Describing the epidemiology and aetiology of bacterial pneumonia in children: An unresolved problem

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Cherian, Thomas ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CHILD; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 18744415185     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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