Are vitamin D levels affected by acute bacterial infections in children?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 643-646

  Binfield, Alex ^a   Aird, Carolyn ^a   Murdoch, David R ^b   Elder, Peter ^c   Walls, Tony ^c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

acute phase reactant; bacterial infection; paediatrics; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN D;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOAN (PEOPLE); SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84905505322     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12620     Document Type: Article

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