Current understanding of fever and host immunity

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Alqahtani, Mashael ^a   Mukundan, Deepa ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Mercy Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

aphthous lesions; febrile neutropenia; fever; Kawasaki disease; periodic fever; pharyngitis and cervical adenitis; serious bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 78751640366     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328342338c     Document Type: Article

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