Etiology of Appendicitis in Children: The Role of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 74-79

  Richardsen, I ^a   Schob D S ^a   Ulmer, T F ^a   Steinau, G ^a   Neumann, U P ^a   Klink, C D ^a   Lambertz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; children; etiology; parasites; viral and bacterial pathogens

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; BORRELIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLOSTRIDIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; YERSINIA INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84941686887     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939.2015.1065300     Document Type: Article

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