Etiology of invasive bacterial infections in immunocompetent children in Korea (1996-2005): A retrospective multicenter study

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-183

  Lee, Joon Ho ^a   Cho, Hye Kyung ^b   Kim, Kyung Hyo ^b   Kim, Chang Hwi ^c   Kim, Dong Soo ^d   Kim, Kwang Nam ^e   Cha, Sung Ho ^f   Oh, Sung Hee ^g   Hur, Jae Kyun ^h   Kang, Jin Han ^h   Kim, Jong Hyun ^h   Kim, Yun Kyung ⁱ   Hong, Young Jin ^j   Chung, Eun Hee ^k   Park, Soo Eun ^l   Choi, Young Youn ^m   Kim, Jung Soo ⁿ   Kim, Hwang Min ^o   Choi, Eun Hwa ^a   Lee, Hoan Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

ⁱ Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^l Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^m Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

ⁿ Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^o Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bacterial infections; Epidemiology; Meningitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551654432     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.2.174     Document Type: Article

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