Invasive bacterial infections in neonates and young infants born outside hospital admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya.

BACKGROUND: Bacterial sepsis is thought to be a major cause of young infant deaths in low-income countries, but there are few precise estimates of its burden or causes. We studied invasive bacterial infections (IBIs) in young infants, born at home or in first-level health units ("outborn"...

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Main Authors: Talbert, A, Mwaniki, M, Mwarumba, S, Newton, C, Berkley, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010