A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Hammitt, Laura L ^a,b   Kazungu, Sidi ^b   Morpeth, Susan C ^b,c   Gibson, Dustin G ^a   Mvera, Benedict ^b   Brent, Andrew J ^b,d   Mwarumba, Salim ^b   Onyango, Clayton O ^b   Bett, Anne ^b   Akech, Donald O ^b   Murdoch, David R ^f,g   Nokes, D James ^b,e   Scott, J Anthony G ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; OROPHARYNX; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNX; ODDS RATIO; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM;

EID: 84858146359     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir1071     Document Type: Article

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