Incidence and characteristics of bacteremia among children in rural Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Maja Verena ^a   Sarpong, Nimako ^b   Krumkamp, Ralf ^a   Dekker, Denise ^a,b   Loag, Wibke ^a   Amemasor, Solomon ^b   Agyekum, Alex ^b   Marks, Florian ^c   Huenger, Frank ^b,e   Krefis, Anne Caroline ^a   Hagen, Ralf Matthias ^a   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^d   May, Jürgen ^a   Schwarz, Norbert Georg ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e Institute for Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN PLUS ERYTHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACUTE DISEASE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GHANA; HAEMOPHILUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANTOEA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875994530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044063     Document Type: Article

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