Simkania negevensis infection among Brazilian children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-253

  Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a   Cardoso, Maria Regina A ^b   Paldanius, Mika ^c   Barral, Aldina ^a   Araújo Neto, César A ^a   Saukkoriipi, Annika ^c   Vainionpää, Raija ^d   Leinonen, Maija ^c   Ruuskanen, Olli ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIALES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 61549097194     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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