Bacteremia in febrile Malawian children: Clinical and microbiologic features

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 312-318

  Walsh, Amanda L ^a,b,c,d   Phiri, Amos J ^a,b   Graham, Stephen M ^a   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacteremia; Malawi; Non typhi salmonellae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034000707     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200004000-00010     Document Type: Article

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