Differentiation of bacterial and viral community-acquired pneumonia in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Don, Massimiliano ^a   Valent, Francesca ^a   Korppi, Matti ^b   Canciani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Community acquired pneumonia; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Procalcitonin; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROLACTIN; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 60849130991     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02678.x     Document Type: Article

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