Infective endocarditis in Ethiopian children: A hospital based review of cases in Addis Ababa

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Moges, Tamirat ^a   Gedlu, Etsegenet ^a   Isaakidis, Petros ^b   Kumar, Ajay ^c   Van Den Berge, Rafael ^b   Khogali, Mohammed ^b   Mekasha, Amha ^a   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^c  

^a Tikur Anbessa Specialized University Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Endocarditis; Ethiopia; Rheumatic heart disease; Systemic embolization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MODIFIED DUKES CRITERIA; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX RATIO; THERAPY DELAY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCARDITIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925356684     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.75.4696     Document Type: Article

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