Bloodstream infections and frequency of pretreatment associated with age and hospitalization status in Sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages S372-S379

  Nichols, Chelsea ^a   Cruz Espinoza, Ligia Maria ^a   Von Kalckreuth, Vera ^a   Aaby, Peter ^b,c   Ahmed El Tayeb, Muna ^d   Ali, Mohammad ^a,e   Aseffa, Abraham ^f   Bjerregaard Andersen, Morten ^b,c   Breiman, Robert F ^g,h   Cosmas, Leonard ^g,i   Crump, John A ^j,k,l,m   Dekker, Denise Myriam ⁿ   Gassama Sow, Amy ^o,p   Gasmelseed, Nagla ^d   Hertz, Julian T ^j,k   Im, Justin ^a   Kabore, Leon Parfait ^q   Keddy, Karen H ^r,s   Konings, Frank ^a   Valborg Løfberg, Sandra ^b,c   Meyer, Christian G ^t   Montgomery, Joel M ^g,i   Niang, Aissatou ^p   Njariharinjakamampionona, Andriamampionona ^u   Olack, Beatrice ^g   Pak, Gi Deok ^a   Panzner, Ursula ^a   Park, Jin Kyung ^a   Park, Se Eun ^a   Rabezanahary, Henintsoa ^u   Rakotondrainiarivelo, Jean Philibert ^u   Rakotozandrindrainy, Raphaël ^u   Raminosoa, Tiana Mirana ^u   Rubach, Matthew P ^j   Teferi, Mekonnen ^f   Seo, Hye Jin ^a   Sooka, Arvinda ^r   Soura, Abdramane ^v   Tall, Adama ^p   Toy, Trevor ^a   Yeshitela, Biruk ^f   Clemens, John D ^w,x   Wierzba, Thomas F ^a   Baker, Stephen ^y   Marks, Florian ^a   more..

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^m KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

ⁿ BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^p INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^q Service de chirurgie   (Burkina Faso)

^r UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^s UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^v UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^w INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^y OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

bloodstream infections; hospitalization; pretreatment; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; BACTEREMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALARIA; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946118382     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ730     Document Type: Article

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