Isolation of aerobic organisms from blood samples of malnourished children with suspected septicaemia in Ibadan, Nigeria

Emirates Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-175

  Mirabeau, Tatfeng Yatchou ^a,b   Anugboba, Okogun Godwin Ray ^a,b   Obiora, Nwobu Gilbert ^a,b   Marcelinous, Okodua ^a,b   Ahmadu, Turay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aerobic organisms; Ibadan; Malnutrition; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0242299701     PISSN: 02506882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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