Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Associated cerebral infarction in a child

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-275

  Lee, Chun Yi ^a,b   Huang, Yuan Yuan ^c   Huang, Fang Liang ^c   Liu, Fang Ching ^d   Chen, Po Yen ^c,e  

^a Chia Yi Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COUGHING; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PULSE RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349443210     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn115     Document Type: Article

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