The burden of invasive bacterial infections in Pemba, Zanzibar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Thriemer, Kamala ^a   Ley, Benedikt ^a,b   Ame, Shaali ^c,d   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^e   de Pak, Giok ^a   Chang, Na Yoon ^a   Hashim, Ramadhan ^a   Schmied, Wolfgang Hellmut ^a   BuschClara, Clara Jana Lui ^a,f   Nixon, Shanette ^g   Morrissey, Anne ^g   Puri, Mahesh K ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Ochiai, R Leon ^a   Wierzba, Thomas ^a   Jiddawi, Mohammad S ^d   Clemens, John D ^a   Ali, Said M ^c,d   Deen, Jaqueline L ^a,e  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Public Health Laboratory Pemba Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g Duke University KCMC Collaboration   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84857203660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030350     Document Type: Article

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