Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 116-120 , August 2008

Typhoid Fever in Southern Taiwan: A Medical Center Experience

  • Hong-Ren Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jiunn-Ming Sheen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kao-Pin Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ho-Chang Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Eng-Yen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Chuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan

Received 5 November 2007 ,Revised 8 April 2008 ,Accepted 28 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60025-X

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 116-120 , August 2008

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