Shigella bacteraemia over a decade in Soweto, South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1269-1273

  Davies, N E C G ^a   Karstaedt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bacteraemia; Diarrhoea; HIV; Shigella; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIGELLA; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 54849429562     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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