Causes of non-malarial febrile illness in outpatients in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-156

  Hildenwall, Helena ^a,b   Amos, Ben ^b   Mtove, George ^b,c   Muro, Florida ^d   Cederlund, Kerstin ^a,e   Reyburn, Hugh ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b St Augustine's Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Aetiology; Fever; Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness; Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; Non malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABNORMALITY; AGE CLASS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; ETIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOM; TESTING METHOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 84969410025     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12635     Document Type: Article

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