Epidemiology of community acquired pneumonia

Paediatrics and Child Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Manikam, Logan ^a   Lakhanpaul, Monica ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Epidemiology; Guidelines; Infection; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BOCAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862893531     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: 1878206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2012.05.002     Document Type: Review

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