Bacteraemia and mortality among adult medical admissions in Malawi - Predominance of non-typhi Salmonellae and streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-49

  Gordon, M A ^b   Walsh, A L ^a,c   Chaponda, M ^b   Soko, D ^a   Mbvwinji, M ^a   Molyneux, M E ^a,c   Gordon, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHOLERA; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034943161     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2000.0779     Document Type: Article

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