The appropriateness of the current antibiotic empiric therapy based on the bacteria isolated from severely malnourished Jamaican children

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-143

  Thame, Minerva ^a   Stephen, C ^a   Wilks, R ^a   Forrester, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAMAICA; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034881707     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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