Incidence of typhoid bacteremia in infants and young children in Southern Coastal Pakistan

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1035-1039

  Owais, Aatekah ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Zaman, Umber ^a   Rizvi, Arjumand ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

incidence; Pakistan; preschool children; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KINGELLA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 78149241589     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181e39f8b     Document Type: Article

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