Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 12 , Pages 945-951 , December 2008

A 6-year Retrospective Epidemiologic Study of Pediatric Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Taiwan

  • Yi-Chuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationYi-Chuan Huang and Yu-Huai Ho contributed equally to this work
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  • Yu-Huai Ho

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationYi-Chuan Huang and Yu-Huai Ho contributed equally to this work
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  • Yu-Chia Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hsiao-Chuan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Kao-Pin Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Luan-Yin Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Li-Min Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Li-Min Huang, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 17 December 2007 ,Revised 10 April 2008 ,Accepted 8 July 2008.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60018-8

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60018-8

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 107, Issue 12 , Pages 945-951 , December 2008

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