Rapid viral testing in the evaluation of the febrile infant and child

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-367

  Vega, Roy ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile infant; Rapid viral testing; Serious bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; RIBAVIRIN; ZANAMIVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 20344367075     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000163664.42636.46     Document Type: Review

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