Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in infants treated with azithromycin

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-188

  Morrison, Wynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Bordetella pertussis; Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETHANECHOL; CAFFEINE; CEFOTAXIME; IRON; LANSOPRAZOLE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MULTIVITAMIN; RANITIDINE;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS INFECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; NEWBORN APNEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COUGH; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; RHINITIS; TRIPLETS; VOMITING; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 33846594246     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000253063.87338.60     Document Type: Article

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