Invasive Gram-negative bacilli are frequently resistant to standard antibiotics for children admitted to hospital in Kilifi, Kenya

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 232-235

  Bejon, Philip ^a,b   Mwangi, Isaiah ^a   Ngetsa, Caroline ^a   Mwarumba, Salim ^a   Berkley, James A ^a   Lowe, Brett S ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,c   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b   English, Mike ^a,d   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Children; Developing countries; Gram negative infections; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; BACTEREMIA; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24044474082     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki145     Document Type: Article

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