Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteremia Among Acutely Febrile Children in Western Kenya
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Bacteremia among children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya.
BACKGROUND There are few epidemiologic data on invasive bacterial infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa. We studied every acute pediatric admission to a rural district hospital in Kenya to examine the prevalence, incidence, types, and outcome of community-acquired bacteremia. METHODS Between August 1998 and July 2002, we cultured blood on admission from 19,339 inpatients and calcula...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0365