Erratum to: Should All Children Admitted with Community Acquired Pneumonia have Blood Cultures Taken? [Indian J Pediatr, 10.1007/s12098-014-1565-6];Should All Children Admitted with Community Acquired Pneumonia have Blood Cultures Taken?

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 439-444

  Lai, Eng Meng ^a   Nathan, Anna Marie ^a   de Bruyne, Jessie A ^a   Chan, Lee Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Child; Community acquired pneumonia; Hospitalised

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTAMINATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84927515472     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1698-2     Document Type: Erratum

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