Invasive salmonellosis among children admitted to a Rural Tanzanian Hospital and a comparison with previous studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mtove, George ^a,b   Amos, Ben ^b,c   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b,d   Hendriksen, Ilse ^b,e   Mwambuli, Abraham ^b   Kimera, Juma ^b,c   Mallahiyo, Rajabu ^c   Kim, Deok Ryun ^d   Ochiai, R Leon ^d   Clemens, John D ^d   Reyburn, Hugh ^b,f   Magesa, Stephen ^a,b   Deen, Jacqueline L ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^c Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITERATURE; STATISTICS;

SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 77949514883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009244     Document Type: Article

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