Increase in the incidence of parapneumonic pleural effusions [4];Incremento en la incidencia de los derrames pleurales paraneumónicos

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-177

  Obando Santaella, I ^a,b   Sanchez Tatay D ^a   Mateos Wichmann, I ^a   Torronteras Santiago, R ^a   Leon Leal J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644965597     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13084183     Document Type: Letter

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