Burden of bacterial resistance among neonatal infections in low income countries: How convincing is the epidemiological evidence?

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huynh, Bich Tram ^a   Padget, Michael ^a   Garin, Benoit ^b   Herindrainy, Perlinot ^b   Kermorvant Duchemin, Elsa ^c   Watier, Laurence ^a,d   Guillemot, Didier ^a,d   Delarocque Astagneau, Elisabeth ^a  

^a University Versailles Saint Quentin UVSQ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacterial infection; Community; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; METICILLIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA; LIVE BIRTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; POVERTY;

EID: 84928753559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0843-x     Document Type: Article

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