Bacteraemia in children in Iceland 1994-2005

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1531-1535

  Árnason, Sigurur ^a   Thors, Valtýr Stefánsson ^a,b   Gunason, Thórólfur ^a,c   Kristinsson, Karl G ^a,d   Haraldsson, Ásgeir ^a,d  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Directorate of Health   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Children; Neisseria meningitidis; Sepsis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PREVNAR13; PREVNAR7; SYNFLORIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77956359494     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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