Etiology and clinical study of community-acquired pneumonia in 157 hospitalized children

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 372-379

  Tajima, Takeshi ^a,d   Nakayama, Eiichi ^a,e   Kondo, Yasuo ^b   Hirai, Fumie ^a   Ito, Hiroaki ^c   Iitsuka, Taketoshi ^a   Momomura, Mei ^a,d   Kutsuma, Hirokazu ^a   Kodaka, Yuri ^a,d   Funaki, Naomi ^a,d   Yanagawa, Yukishige ^d   Ubukata, Kimiko ^e  

^a Hakujikai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kondo Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Yaizu City Hospital   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Etiology; Inpatient

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MINOCYCLINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; ZANAMIVIR;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33846427402     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-006-0476-5     Document Type: Article

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