Bacteremia in adults admitted to the Department of Medicine of Bangui Community Hospital (Central African Republic)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-72

  Kassa Kelembho, Eric ^a   Mbolidi, Christophe Didier ^b   Service, Yves Brillant ^b   Morvan, Jacques ^a   Minssart, Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Bangui Community Hospital   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Bacteremia; Central African Republic; Febrile patients; HIV infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0242661509     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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