Effects of prednisolone on refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-380

  Luo, Zhengxiu ^a   Luo, Jian ^a   Liu, Enmei ^a   Xu, Xiujuan ^a   Liu, Yulin ^a   Zeng, Fengqiong ^a   Li, Subi ^a   Fu, Zhou ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

azithromycin; children; prednisolone; refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; FERRITIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTORY MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG COMBINATION; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896391812     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22752     Document Type: Article

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