A cluster of adenovirus serotype 3 infections in children in Northern Taiwan: Clinical features and laboratory findings

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-309

  Lin, Chien Hui ^a   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a,b   Huang, Chung Guei ^c   Tsao, Kou Chien ^b,c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adenoviridae; Bacterial infections; Child

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 3; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 35748959688     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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