Risk and causes of paediatric hospital-acquired bacteraemia in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, community-acquired bacteraemia is an important cause of illness and death in children. Our aim was to establish the magnitude and causes of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) bacteraemia in African children. METHODS: We reviewed prospectively collected surveillance dat...

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Autores principales: Aiken, Alexander M, Mturi, Neema, Njuguna, Patricia, Mohammed, Shebe, Berkley, James A, Mwangi, Isaiah, Mwarumba, Salim, Kitsao, Barnes S, Lowe, Brett S, Morpeth, Susan C, Hall, Andrew J, Khandawalla, Iqbal, Scott, J Anthony G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3242162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22133536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61622-X

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3242162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22133536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61622-X

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