Community-acquired Moraxella catarrhalis pneumonia in previously healthy children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 674-678

  Sy, Magdalena G ^a   Robinson, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pediatric; Pulmonary infections; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPUTUM;

EID: 77954449739     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21243     Document Type: Article

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