Infectious etiologies of transient neutropenia in previously healthy children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 575-577

  Husain, Entesar H ^a,b   Mullah Ali, Ali ^c   Al Sharidah, Sondus ^b   Azab, Asma F ^b   Adekile, Adekunle ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Children; Healthy; Neutropenia; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THROAT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINE; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84861529314     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318250084a     Document Type: Review

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