Pleural empyema in a 14-year-old adolescent with cystic fibrosis [2]

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 396-397

  Griffiths, Amanda L ^a   Massie, John ^b,c,d  

^a Centre for Community Child Health   (Australia)

^b Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; TEMPERATURE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33744752780     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00882.x     Document Type: Letter

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