The outcome of non-typhoidal salmonella meningitis in Malawian children, 1997-2006

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Molyneux, E M ^a   Mankhambo, L A ^a,b   Ajib, Phiri ^a,b   Graham, S M ^a,b   Forsyth, H ^c   Amos, Phiri ^b   Walsh, A L ^b   Wilson, L K ^b   Molyneux, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG COMBINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63849090190     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532809X401980     Document Type: Article

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