Invasive bacteria isolates from children with severe infections in a Nigerian hospital

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Onipede, Anthony O ^a   Onayade, Adedeji A ^a   Elusiyan, Jerome B E ^a   Obiajunwa, Perpetua O ^a   Ogundare, Ezra O O ^a   Olaniran, Olarinde O ^a   Adeyemi, Lateef A ^a   Oyelami, Oyeku O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacterial agents; Children; Meningitis; Nigeria; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NIGERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 73249115947     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.413     Document Type: Article

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