| meningococcal infections in children from arkansas. | infections with neisseria meningitidis are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children of all ages. with wide-spread use of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, this organism might become the prominent pathogen for invasive disease in children. | 2002 | 12150169 |
| penicillin resistant n. gonorrhea in south arkansas. | | 1981 | 6454679 |
| septic shock in children: bacterial etiologies and temporal relationships. | in a retrospective analysis of 2110 admissions to the pediatric intensive care unit, 564 cases of septic shock were identified (26.7% of the total admissions). septic shock was defined in patients with: (1) clinical evidence of sepsis; (2) fever (greater than 38.3 degrees c) or hypothermia (less than 35.6 degrees c); (3) tachycardia; (4) tachypnea; and (5) inadequate organ perfusion. inadequate perfusion was defined as hypotension or evidence of peripheral hypoperfusion (poor capillary refill or ... | 1990 | 2336300 |