Bacteraemia in sickle cell anaemia is associated with low haemoglobin: A report of 890 admissions to a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 273-276

  Makani, Julie ^a,b   Mgaya, Josephine ^a   Balandya, Emmanuel ^a   Msami, Khadija ^a   Soka, Deogratias ^a   Cox, Sharon E ^a,c   Komba, Albert N ^a   Rwezaula, Stella ^a,d   Meda, Elineema ^a,d   Muturi, David ^e   Kitundu, Jesse ^d   Fegan, Gregory ^b,e   Kirkham, Fenella J ^f   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,e   Snow, Robert W ^b,e   Lowe, Brett ^a,b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Africa; Bacteraemia; Haemoglobin; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANZANIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84942982988     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13553     Document Type: Article

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