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Aetiology and presentation of childhood pleural infections in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in South Africa

Complications of respiratory infections include pleural effusion (PE), associated with a high morbidity. Differentiating between PE caused by bacterial infections and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in endemic areas is difficult in children, impacting treatment. We investigated the aetiology of PE a...

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Main Author: Golden, Lauren
Other Authors: Zampoli, Marco
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health 2022
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