Prophylactic penicillin after 5 years of age in patients with sickle cell disease: A survey of sickle cell disease experts

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 935-939

  Mccavit, Timothy L ^a,b   Gilbert, Megan ^a   Buchanan, George R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive pneumococcal disease; Penicillin prophylaxis; Sickle cell disease; Survey

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; JONCKHEERE TERPSTRA TEST; MEDICAL EXPERT; PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGIST; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SICKLE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876444384     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24395     Document Type: Article

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