Laboratory investigations in the diagnosis of septicaemia and malaria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 353-356

  Dougle, M L ^a   Hendriks, E R ^a,b   Sanders, E J ^c   Dorigo Zetsma, J W ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b St Mary's Hospital   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031462463     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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