Blood culture collection technique and pneumococcal surveillance in Malawi during the four year period 2003-2006: An observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mtunthama, Neema ^a   Gordon, Stephen B ^b   Kusimbwe, Temwa ^a   Zijlstra, Eduard E ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,b   French, Neil ^a,d  

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

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAWI; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 56049085137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-137     Document Type: Article

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