Clinical and laboratory features of radiologic pneumonia in severely malnourished infants attending an urban diarrhea treatment center in Bangladesh

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-177

  Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Faruque, Abu Syed Golam ^a   Abdus Salam, Mohammed ^a  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Pneumonia; Sensitivity; Severe malnutrition; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 75949112801     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b9a4d5     Document Type: Article

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