Chlamydia Trachomatis pneumonia: Experience in a medical center

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Chiang, Yi Chi ^a,b   Shyur, Shyh Dar ^a   Huang, Li Hsin ^a   Wen, Ta Chzng ^a   Yang, Hwai Chih ^a   Lin, Mao Tsair ^a   Liang, Pei Hsuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Eosinophilia; Erythromycin; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644932949     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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