Lobar pneumonia caused by Nontyphoidal salmonella in a Malawian child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1190-1192

  Mankhambo, Limangeni A ^a   Chiwaya, Kwame W ^a   Phiri, Agib ^a   Graham, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Child; Lung aspirate; Nontyphoidal Salmonella; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALARIA; MALAWI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALARIA; MALAWI; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845427162     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000245098.82276.d6     Document Type: Article

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