Bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus aureus

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 568-571

  Ladhani, S ^a,b   Konana, O S ^b   Mwarumba, S ^b   English, M C ^b  

^a Wellcome Trust Laboratories ^*  (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOXACILLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2642528666     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.026781     Document Type: Review

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