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 da...

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Hlavní autoři: Aiken, A, Mturi, N, Njuguna, P, Mohammed, S, Berkley, J, Mwangi, I, Mwarumba, S, Kitsao, B, Lowe, B, Morpeth, S, Hall, A, Khandawalla, I, Scott, J
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 2011