Salmonella as a causative organism of various infections in patients with sickle cell disease

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 358-362

  Elbashier, Ali Magzoub ^a,b,c   Al Salem, Ahmed Hassan ^a,b   Aljama, Abdulaziz ^a,b  

^a QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dammam Childrens Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Osteomyelitis; Salmonella sepsis; Salmonella typhi; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0348161560     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.358     Document Type: Article

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