Paediatric sepsis-like illness and human parechovirus

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 482-483

  Vanagt, Ward Y ^a   Lutgens, Suzanne P M ^a,b   Van Loo, Inge H M ^a   Wolffs, Petra F G ^a   Van Well, Gijs Th J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84860341148     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300517     Document Type: Letter

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