Blood cultures in the emergency department evaluation of childhood pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-479

  Shah, Samir S ^a,b,c   Dugan, Maria H ^a   Bell, Louis M ^a,b   Grundmeier, Robert W ^a   Florin, Todd A ^a,c   Hines, Elizabeth M ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; child; epidemiology; pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958018175     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820a5adb     Document Type: Article

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