Infections in Children Admitted with Complicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Page, Anne Laure ^a   de Rekeneire, Nathalie ^a   Sayadi, Sani ^b   Aberrane, Said ^c   Janssens, Ann Carole ^a   Rieux, Claire ^a   Djibo, Ali ^d,e   Manuguerra, Jean Claude ^f   Ducou le Pointe, Hubert ^g   Grais, Rebecca F ^a   Schaefer, Myrto ^h   Guerin, Philippe J ^a,i   Baron, Emmanuel ^a  

^a Epicentre   (France)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^e Dept of Mathematics   (Niger)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^h MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84880425738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068699     Document Type: Article

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