Impact of antibiotic therapy on laboratory analysis of parapneumonic pleural fluid in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-457

  Becker, Adriana ^a   Amantéa, Sérgio Luis ^a,b   Fraga, José Carlos ^c,d   Zanella, Malba Inajá ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DA CRIANÇA SANTO ANTÔNIO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Children; Empyema; Parapneumonic pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODY FLUIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952273192     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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