Ceftriaxone for treatment of severe infections in peripheral health centers in Africa.
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Infections and parasitic diseases amount to 45% of inpatient and 33% of outpatient treatment in 3 major peripheral hospitals of the Ivory Coast. If true parasitic diseases were excluded, and if meningitis and pneumonia were counted, the infectious diseases amount to about 45% of all consultations in hospitals. About 4 million registered diagnoses are made each year in the peripheral health centers in this country: 25% of them for infectious diseases. Their
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemioterapia : international journal of the Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy
دوره 6 2 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987