Pediatric pleural effusions: Etiological evaluation in 492 patients over 29 years

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-219

  Ütine, G Eda ^a   Özçelik, Uǧur ^a   Kiper, Nural ^a   Doǧru, Deniz ^a   Yalçin, Ebru ^a   Çobanoǧlu, Nazan ^a   Pekcan, Sevgi ^a   Kara, Ateş ^a   Cengiz, A Bülent ^a   Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Seçmeer, Gülten ^a   Göçmen, Ayhan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empyema; Malignant effusion; Parapneumonic; Pediatric pleural effusion; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PLEURA EFFUSION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350452059     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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