Community-acquired pneumonia in children: Current challenges and future directions

Journal of Infection

Volumn 69, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S87-S90

  Wallihan, Rebecca ^a,b   Ramilo, Octavio ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression profiling; Pediatric pneumonia; Transcriptional analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DISTANCE TO HEALTH SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84909582578     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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