Bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Berkley, James A ^a,b,f,g   Lowe, Brett S ^a,b   Mwangi, Isaiah ^a   Williams, Thomas ^a   Bauni, Evasius ^a   Mwarumba, Saleem ^a   Ngetsa, Caroline ^a   Slack, Mary P E ^d   Njenga, Sally ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^e   Maitland, Kathryn ^a   English, Mike ^c   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b  

^a Ctr for Geogr Medicine Research   (Kenya)

^b Ctr Clin Vaccinology Trop Med   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 19944426222     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa040275     Document Type: Article

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