Retrospective study of prognostic factors in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease

Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading causative pathogen in pediatric pneumonia and bacteremia throughout the world. The invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is known as isolation of S. pneumoniae from a normally sterile site (e.g., blood, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pericardial fluid...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Nan-Chang Chiu, Hsin Chi, Chun-Chih Peng, Hung-Yang Chang, Daniel Tsung-Ning Huang, Lung Chang, Wei-Te Lei, Chien-Yu Lin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2017-01-01
Subjects:	Pneumococcus Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia Invasive pneumococcal disease Prognostic factor
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/2941.pdf