Pneumococcal endocarditis in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1273-1278

  Givner, Laurence B ^a   Mason Jr , Edward O ^b   Tan, Tina Q ^c   Barson, William J ^d   Schutze, Gordon E ^e   Wald, Ellen R ^f   Bradley, John S ^g   Hoffman, Jill ^h   Yogev, Ram ^c   Kaplan, Sheldon L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2342625932     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383323     Document Type: Article

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