Clinical and epidemiologic features of invasive group A streptococcal infections in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-358

  Mulla, Zuber D ^a,b  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clindamycin; Invasive group A streptococcal disease; Prognosis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34249063868     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02378.x     Document Type: Article

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