Increased incidence of parapneumonic empyema in children at a french pediatric tertiary care center during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 786-787

  See, Hélène ^a   Blondé, Renaud ^a   Mariani, Patricia ^b   Tacquet, Maryse ^b   Dumitrescu, Madalina ^b   Angoulvant, François ^b   Delauzanne, Agathe ^b   Larrot, Mathie ^a   Mercier, Jean Christophe ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^c   Faye, Albert ^d  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Intern   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAPNEUMONIC EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77955169831     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181e6c317     Document Type: Letter

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