Community-acquired pneumonia in children: What's new?

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 927-928

  Thomson, Anne ^a   Harris, Michael ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

EID: 80053254853     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200671     Document Type: Article

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