- Review Article
- Antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia in children
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Hye-yung Yum
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(3):283-288. Published online March 15, 2009
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Pneumonia remains the leading cause of mortality in children. Diagnosis depends on a combination of factors, including clinical assessment, radiological and laboratory findings. Although Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most important cause of childhood bacterial pneumonia, the great majority of cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are of viral etiology. A new, rapid, and inexpensive test that differentiates viral from bacterial pneumonia... |
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- Original Article
- The causative organisms of pediatric empyema in Korea
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Hye-yung Yum, Woo Kyung Kim, Jin Tak Kim, Hyun Hee Kim, Yeong Ho Rha, Yong Min Park, Myung Hyun Sohn, Kang Mo Ahn, Soo Young Lee, Su Jong Hong, Hae Ran Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2007;50(1):33-39. Published online January 15, 2007
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Department of Pediatrics , College of Medicine, Hallym University
Purpose : In spite of medical advances, empyema is a serious complication of pneumonia in children. Vaccination practices and antibiotic prescribing practices promote the change of clinical manifestations of empyema and causative organisms. So we made a nationwide clinical observation of 122 cases of empyema in children from 32 hospitals during... |
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