The changing face of pleural empyemas in children: Epidemiology and management

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 1735-1740

  Schultz, Karen D ^a   Fan, Leland L ^a   Pinsky, Jay ^a   Ochoa, Lyssa ^a   Smith, E O'Brian ^a   Kaplan, Sheldon L ^a   Brandt, Mary L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Empyema; Microbiology; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEXAS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 2542622142     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.6.1735     Document Type: Review

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