Pleural empyema in children: Montpellier's experience;Les pleurésies purulentes de l'enfant: Expérience montpelliéraine

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Guyon, G ^a   Allal, H ^b   Lalande, M ^a   Rodiere M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Echography; Pleural empyema; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 18844427862     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(05)80013-2     Document Type: Article

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