High pneumococcal DNA loads are associated with mortality in Malawian children with invasive pneumococcal disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-422

  Carrol, Enitan D ^a,b,d   Guiver, Malcolm ^c   Nkhoma, Standwell ^a   Mankhambo, Limangeni A ^a   Marsh, John ^c   Balmer, Paul ^c   Banda, Daniel L ^a   Jeffers, Graham ^b   White, Sarah A ^a   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^b   Antonio, C ^a   Chinamale, M ^a   Jere, L ^a   Mnapo, D ^a   Munthali, V ^a   Nyalo, F ^a   Simwinga, J ^a   Kaole, M ^a   Manyika, A ^a   Phiri, K ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Bacterial load; Cytokine; Meningitis; Pneumococcal; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34249072240     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000260253.22994.61     Document Type: Article

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