Clinical application of the rapid pneumococcal urinary antigen test in the treatment of severe pneumonia in children

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Cheong, Huey Fung ^a,b   Ger, Luo Ping ^b   Wu, Ming Ting ^b,c   Sun, Chih Pei ^b   Hsieh, Kai Sheng ^b,c   Liu, Yung Ching ^b,c   Cheng, Ming Fang ^b,c  

^a PINGTUNG CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antigens, bacterial; Child; Pneumonia, pneumococcal; Predictive value of tests; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL URINARY ANTIGEN TEST; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849135570     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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