Antimicrobials in children admitted to hospital in malaria endemic areas

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7751, 2010, Pages 822-

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; SEPSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 77951055024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1818     Document Type: Editorial

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