Clinical profile of invasive pneumococcal disease in Patan hospital, Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 45-49

  Chhetri, U D ^a   Shrestha, S ^a   Pradhan, R ^a   Shrestha, A ^a   Adhikari, N ^a   Thorson, S ^a   Pollard, A J ^a   Murdoch, D R ^a   Kelly, D F ^a  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Invasive pneumococcal disease; Serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NEPAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862251027     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i1.6262     Document Type: Article

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