Impact of HIV-1 status on the radiological presentation and clinical outcome of children with WHO defined community-acquired severe pneumonia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 976-979

  Jeena, P M ^a   Minkara, A K ^b   Corr, P ^a   Bassa, F ^a   McNally, L M ^a   Coovadia, H M ^a   Fox, M ^c   Hamer, D H ^c   Thea, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35748961089     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.104406     Document Type: Article

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