Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Bacteraemia - An Under-Recognized Feature of AIDS in African Adults

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 198-200

  Kankwatira, Anstead M ^a   Mwafulirwa, Gershom A K ^a   Gordon, Melita A ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POPULATION RISK; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALMONELLOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RNA VIRUSES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 5444231218     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400404     Document Type: Review

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