Microbiology of HIV associated bacteraemia and diarrhoea in adults from Nairobi, Kenya

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Batchelor, B I F ^a,b   Kimari, J N ^a   Brindle, R J ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PATHOGENESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029741009     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800001230     Document Type: Article

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