Predictors of urinary tract infection among febrile children attending at Bugando Medical Centre Northwestern, Tanzania

Archives of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Festo, Epaphura ^a   Kidenya, Benson R ^a   Hokororo, Aldofina ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^a  

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ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84862121531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3823/239     Document Type: Article

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