Atypical bacterial pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia in children: A hospital-based study

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-111

  Agarwal, Jyotsna ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^a   Rajput, Anuradha ^a   Tiwari, Manoj ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 67149141533     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080248     Document Type: Article

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