Burden of paediatric pyoderma and scabies in North West Queensland

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-143

  Whitehall, John ^a   Kuzulugil, Deniz ^a   Sheldrick, Kyle ^a   Wood, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health burden; Indigenous children; pyoderma; scabies

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ACUTE POST STREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; PYODERMA; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCABIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84874107770     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12095     Document Type: Article

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