Non-typhoidal salmonellae: a management challenge for children with community-acquired invasive disease in tropical African countries

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9659, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Graham, Stephen M ^a   English, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; FEVER; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 58249091027     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60073-8     Document Type: Note

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