Clinical outcomes in Mexican children with febrile acute upper respiratory tract infections: No impact of antibiotic therapy

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Carranza Martinez, Martha I ^a   Newton Sanchez, Oscar ^b   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^c,d   Villaseñor Sierra, Alberto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE OCCIDENTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Common cold; Daycare centers; Fever; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE;

ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; NASOPHARYNX; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956616484     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2250     Document Type: Article

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