The rise of the rats: A growing paediatric issue

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Khatchadourian, Karine ^a   Ovetchkine, Philippe ^a   Minodier, Philippe ^a   Lamarre, Valérie ^a   Lebel, Marc H ^a   Tapiéro, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Infectious disease; Paediatrics; Rat bite fever

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ECCHYMOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUSTULE; RASH; RAT BITE FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 77950798258     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.3.131     Document Type: Article

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