Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children in Oslo, Norway

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-336

  Senstad, Anita C ^a   Surén, Pål ^a,b   Brauteset, Lin ^a   Eriksson, Jan R ^a   Høiby, Ernst Arne ^b   Wathne, Karl Olaf ^a,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Ministry of Health and Care Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzyl penicillin; Children; Community acquired pneumonia (CAP); Infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58449097615     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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