Fever without source in children 0 to 36 months of age

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-194

  Ishimine, Paul ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 33645456949     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.09.012     Document Type: Review

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