Bacterial causes of empyema in children, Australia, 2007-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1839-1845

  Strachan, Roxanne E ^a   Cornelius, Anita ^b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^c   Gulliver, Tanya ^d   Martin, Andrew ^e   McDonald, Tim ^f   Nixon, Gillian M ^g   Roseby, Rob ^h   Ranganathan, Sarath ⁱ   Selvadurai, Hiran ^j   Smith, Greg ^k   Soto Martinez, Manuel ⁱ   Suresh, Sadasivam ^l   Teoh, Laurel ^f   Thapa, Kiran ^c   Wainwright, Claire E ^m   Jaffé, Adam ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^f CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^k WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84930483647     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101825     Document Type: Article

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