Prevalence and Etiology of Bacteremia in Febrile Children with Sickle Cell Disease at a Nigeria Tertiary Hospital

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: As a result of immune defects in Sickle cell disease (SCD), affected individuals are prone to infection from encapsulated bacterial pathogens like Streptococcus Pneumoniae. Studies on the etiological agents of bacteremia in children with SCD in Nigeria are few and have r...

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Autores principales: Brown, Biobele, Dada-Adegbola, Hannah, Trippe, Catherine, Olopade, Olufunmilayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2017
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28698782
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2017.039

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5499496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28698782
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2017.039

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