Prevalence of bacteremia in hospitalized pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 736-740

  Myers, Angela L ^a   Hall, Matthew ^b   Williams, Derek J ^c   Auger, Katherine ^d   Tieder, Joel S ^e,f   Statile, Angela ^g,h   Jerardi, Karen ^g,h   McClain, Lauren ^c   Shah, Samir S ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Hospitalized

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883220388     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318290bf63     Document Type: Article

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