Significance of extreme leukocytosis in the evaluation of febrile children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 627-630

  Shah, Samir S ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^b   Seidel, James S ^c   Baren, Jill M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Child; Leukocytosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 22244469066     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168753.60433.e2     Document Type: Article

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