Predictors of bacteraemia among febrile infants in Ibadan, Nigeria

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-229

  Ayoola, Omolola O ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale A ^a   Osinusi, Kikelomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Infants, Febrile; Nigeria; Prospective studies; Risk factors; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESTLESSNESS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036757411     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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