The value of a CT-guided fine needle aspirate in infants with lung abscess

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 474-476

  Levison, J ^a,b   Van Asperen, P ^a   Wong, C ^a   Harvey, J ^a   Halliday, R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspirate; Lung abscess; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TICARCILLIN; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043167039     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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