Bacteraemia in malnourished rural African children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Reed, R P ^a,c   Wegerhoff, F O ^a   Rothberg, A D ^b  

^a Shongwe Mission Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DWARFISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029867464     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747805     Document Type: Article

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