Duration of fever and serious bacterial infections in children: A systematic review

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Elshout, Gijs ^a   Monteny, Miriam ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Berger, Marjolein Y ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TIME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955905677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-33     Document Type: Article

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