Incidence of pneumonia, bacteremia, and invasive pneumococcal disease in Pakistani children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1029-1036

  Owais, Aatekah ^a   Tikmani, Shiyam S ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Zaman, Umber ^a   Ahmed, Imran ^a   Allana, Salim ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

bacteremia; children; incidence; invasive pneumococcal disease; Pakistan; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77955405471     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02591.x     Document Type: Article

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