Community-acquired bacteremia among hospitalized children in rural central Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 180-188

  Bahwere, Paluku ^a,b   Levy, Jack ^c   Hennart, Philippe ^b,d   Donnen, Philippe ^b,d   Lomoyo, Wanango ^a   Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle ^b   Hemelof, Wim ^b   Butzler, Jean Paul ^b   De Mol, Patrick ^e  

^a Ctr de Rech en Sciences Naturelles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Medicine   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Children; Malnutrition; Multiresistant; Salmonella spp

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FEVER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035672329     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(01)90067-0     Document Type: Article

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