Delayed acyclovir and outcomes of children hospitalized with eczema herpeticum

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1161-1167

  Aronson, Paul L ^a,b   Yan, Albert C ^a,b   Mittal, Manoj K ^a,b   Mohamad, Zeinab ^a   Shah, Samir S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Eczema; Eczema herpeticum; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPOSI VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83155192932     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0948     Document Type: Article

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