Diarrhoea complicating severe acute malnutrition in kenyan children: A prospective descriptive study of risk factors and outcome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Talbert, Alison ^a   Thuo, Nahashon ^a   Karisa, Japhet ^a   Chesaro, Charles ^a   Ohuma, Eric ^a   Ignas, James ^a   Berkley, James A ^a,b   Toromo, Christopher ^a   Atkinson, Sarah ^a,b   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOXIA; INFANT; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861875647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038321     Document Type: Article

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