Community-acquired pneumonia and parapneumonic effusions in developing countries

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Seçmeer, Gülten ^a   Çiftçi, Arbay Ö ^a   Kanra, Güler ^a   Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Kara, Ateş ^a   Cengiz, A Bülent ^a   Kiper, Nural ^a   Haliloǧlu, Mithat ^a   Özçelik, Uǧur ^a   Çaǧdaş, Deniz N ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kesit Pathology Laboratory Ankara Yüksek htisas Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Lower respiratory infections; Parapneumonic effusions; Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Seasonal dispersion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOKINASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949122019     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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