Aetiology and epidemiology of fever in children presenting to the emergency department of a French paediatric tertiary care centre after international travel

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-111

  Naudin, Jérôme ^a,b   Blondé, Renaud ^a,b   Alberti, Corinne ^a,b   Angoulvant, François ^a   De Lauzanne, Agathe ^a   Armoogum, Priscilla ^a,b   Pull, Lauren ^a,b   Lorrot, Mathie ^a,b   Imbert, Patrick ^c   Dauger, Stéphane ^a,b   Mercier, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Faye, Albert ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84856084996     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300175     Document Type: Article

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