Complicated pneumonias with empyema and/or pneumatocele in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-190

  Kunyoshi, Valmir ^a   Cataneo, Daniele Cristina ^a   Cataneo, Antônio José Maria ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complications; Empyema; Pleural; Pneumonia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 31944431723     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1620-5     Document Type: Article

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