Lower respiratory tract disease in children: Constant pathogens - Constant management?!

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 291-295

  Wasem, S ^a   Weichert, S ^a   Walther, S ^a   Weigl, J A ^b   Puppe, W ^c   Ihorst, G ^d   Schmitt, H J ^c   Forster, Johannes ^a  

^a St Josefs Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Lower respiratory tract infection; Respiratory pathogens; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 52249090864     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990301     Document Type: Article

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