Clinical definition for invasive Salmonella infection in African children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-283

  Cheesbrough, John S ^a   Taxman, Betty C ^a   Green, Steven D R ^b   Mewa, François Illunga ^b   Numbi, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Med Evangelique Kimpese   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; bacteremia; pediatric; Salmonella; serology

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030937039     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199703000-00005     Document Type: Article

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