Corticosteroids and complicated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection [1]

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1008-1009

  Cimolai, Nevio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL ANERGY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 33749541447     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20424     Document Type: Letter

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