Complications of varicella infection in children in southern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-407

  Chi, A Yu ^a,b   Wang, Shih Min ^c   Lin, Hui Chen ^b   Liu, Ching Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Chickenpox vaccine; Hospitaliztion; Morbidity; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALLPOX VACCINE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 33846016926     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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