Clinical characteristics of children with viral single- and co-infections and a petechial rash

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Schneider, Henriette ^a   Adams, Ortwin ^b   Weiss, Christel ^c   Merz, Ulrich ^d   Schroten, Horst ^a   Tenenbaum, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital St Annastiftkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fever; Management; Petechiae; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PEDIATRICS; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 84879103600     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318280618d     Document Type: Article

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