Review of Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring admission to a paediatric intensive care unit
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Review of Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring admission to a paediatric intensive care unit.
AIMS To review clinical features and outcome of children with severe Staphylococcus aureus sepsis (SAS) presenting to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with particular focus on ethnicity, clinical presentation, cardiac involvement, and outcome. METHODS Retrospective chart review of patients coded for SAS over 10 years (October 1993 to April 2004). RESULTS There were 58 patients identi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074229