Case definitions for pneumococcal syndromes and other severe bacterial infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Knoll, Maria Deloria ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 61849163266     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596501     Document Type: Review

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