Cellulitis in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: A population-based study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 354-358

  Gubbay, Jonathan B ^a   Mcintyre, Peter B ^a,b   Gilmour, Robin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Cellulitis; Eyelid disease; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33744736337     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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