Bloodstream infection in children

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Chai See, Lucy Lum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING RATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEPSIS;

EID: 19444364447     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000161945.98871.52     Document Type: Article

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