Bloodstream bacterial infection among outpatient children with acute febrile illness in north-eastern Tanzania

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mahende, Coline ^a,b   Ngasala, Billy ^b   Lusingu, John ^a,c   Butichi, Allvan ^a   Lushino, Paminus ^a   Lemnge, Martha ^a   Mmbando, Bruno ^a   Premji, Zul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial sensitivity; Bacterial infection; Children; Korogwe; Malaria; Salmonella typhi; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84934324938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1178-9     Document Type: Article

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