Bacterial isolates in severely malnourished children at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Noorani, N ^a   Macharia, W M ^a,c   Oyatsi, D ^a   Revathi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27544434742     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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