Empyema associated with community-acquired pneumonia: A Pediatric Investigator's Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Langley, Joanne M ^a,b   Kellner, James D ^c,d   Solomon, Nataly ^e,f   Robinson, Joan L ^e,f   Le Saux, Nicole ^g,h   McDonald, Jane ⁱ   Ulloa Gutierrez, Rolando ^j,k   Tan, Ben ^l   Allen, Upton ^m   Dobson, Simon ^j,k   Joudrey, Heather ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION; WINTER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPYEMA; HOSPITAL; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL;

EID: 54949093623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-129     Document Type: Article

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