Febrile patients admitted to remote hospitals in Northeastern Kenya: seroprevalence, risk factors and a clinical prediction tool for Q-Fever

BACKGROUND: Q fever in Kenya is poorly reported and its surveillance is highly neglected. Standard empiric treatment for febrile patients admitted to hospitals is antimalarials or penicillin-based antibiotics, which have no activity against Coxiella burnetii. This study aimed to assess the seropreva...

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Autores principales: Njeru, J., Henning, K., Pletz, M. W., Heller, R., Forstner, C., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, E. M., Neubauer, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27260261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1569-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27260261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1569-0

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