Bacteremia among febrile ugandan children treated with antimalarials despite a negative malaria test

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 276-280

  Kibuuka, Afizi ^a   Byakika Kibwika, Pauline ^b   Achan, Jane ^b   Yeka, Adoke ^b   Nalyazi, Joan N ^b   Mpimbaza, Arthur ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^b   Kamya, Moses R ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CRACKLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERPNEA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROCOCCUS; NEUTROPHILIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UGANDA; UGANDAN; VOMITING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIMALARIALS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UGANDA;

EID: 84939235142     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0494     Document Type: Article

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