Severe group A streptococcal infections in a paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 687-692

  Lithgow, Anna ^a   Duke, Trevor ^a   Steer, Andrew ^a,b   Smeesters, Pierre Robert ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

intensive care; paediatrics; sepsis; Streptococcus pyogenes; toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84906939326     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12601     Document Type: Article

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