Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in children with community-acquired mycoplasma pneumonia in Taiwan: A nationwide surveillance

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 632-638

  Ma, Yun Ju ^a   Wang, Shih Min ^a,b,c   Cho, Yu Hao ^a   Shen, Ching Fen ^a,c   Liu, Ching Chuan ^a,b,c   Chi, Hsin ^c,d   Huang, Yi Chuan ^c,e   Huang, Li Min ^c,f   Huang, Yhu Chering ^c,e   Lin, Hsiao Chuan ^c,g,h   Ho, Yu Huai ^c,i   Mu, Jung Jung ^c,j  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Disease Alliance   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^j Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; TAIWAN; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84951291794     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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