Invasive bacterial infections in neonates and young infants born outside hospital admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 945-949

  Talbert, Alison W A ^a   Mwaniki, Michael ^a   Mwarumba, Salim ^a   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,b,c   Berkley, James A ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; antibiotic resistance; bacteremia; meningitis; neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO;

EID: 77957285603     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181dfca8c     Document Type: Article

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