A prospective study of bloodstream infections as cause of fever in Malawi: Clinical predictors and implications for management

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 928-934

  Peters, Remco P H ^a,c   Zijlstra, Ed E ^a   Schijffelen, Maarten J ^a   Walsh, Amanda L ^b   Joaki, George ^a   Kumwenda, John J ^a   Kublin, James G ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^b   Lewis, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; HIV; Malawi; Predictors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SPLENOMEGALY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4344693414     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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