Hospitalizations for varicella in the Hospital Infantil La Fe, Valencia, Spain, 2001-2004;Hospitalizaciones por varicela en el Hospital Infantil La Fe (Valencia 2001-2004)

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-124

  Piqueras Arenas, A I ^a   Otero Reigada, M C ^a   Perez Tamarit D ^a   Asensi Botet, F ^a   Diosdado Ortin N ^a   Santos Durantez, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complications; S. pyogenes; Varicella; Varicella vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKENPOX; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VACCINATION;

EID: 24044446138     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13077453     Document Type: Article

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