Community-acquired bloodstream infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 417-432

  Reddy, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Shaw, Andrea V ^a   Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952652892     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70072-4     Document Type: Review

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