Influenza burden in febrile infants and young children in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-147

  Ploin, Dominique ^a,b,c   Gillet, Yves ^b   Morfin, Florence ^a   Fouilhoux, Alain ^b   Billaud, Geneviève ^a   Liberas, Sylviane ^b   Denis, Angélique ^a   Thouvenot, Danielle ^a   Fritzell, Bernard ^d,e   Lina, Bruno ^a   Floret, Daniel ^b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d Internal Scientific and Clinical Affairs   (France)

^e Scientific and Clinical Affairs Wyeth Vaccines France   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Human influenza; Influenza vaccines; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

EID: 33846657783     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000253062.41648.60     Document Type: Article

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