Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: A hospital-based study from Malaysia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 366-369

  Lim, Li Han ^a   Lee, Way Seah ^a   Parasakthi, Navaratnam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Child; Malaysia; Pneumococcal infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34247885797     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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