Carriage of encapsulated bacteria in Gabonese children with sickle cell anaemia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Schaumburg, F ^a,b   Biallas, B ^b,c   Ngoune Feugap, E ^b,c   Alabi, A S ^b,c   Mordmuller B ^b,c   Kremsner, P G ^b,c   Grobusch, M P ^b,c,d   Lell, B ^b,c   van der Linden, M ^e   Peters, G ^a   Adegnika, A A ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Haemophilus influenzae; Matched pair analysis; Sickle cell anaemia; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GABON; GENDER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84874316129     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03771.x     Document Type: Article

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