The burden of invasive bacterial infections in Pemba, Zanzibar.

BACKGROUND: We conducted a surveillance study to determine the leading causes of bloodstream infection in febrile patients seeking treatment at three district hospitals in Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, an area with low malaria transmission. METHODS: All patients above two months of age presentin...

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Main Authors: Kamala Thriemer, Benedikt Ley, Shaali Ame, Lorenz von Seidlein, Gi Deok Pak, Na Yoon Chang, Ramadhan Hashim, Wolfgang Hellmut Schmied, Clara Jana-Lui Busch, Shanette Nixon, Anne Morrissey, Mahesh K Puri, Mohammad Ali, R Leon Ochiai, Thomas Wierzba, Mohammad S Jiddawi, John D Clemens, Said M Ali, Jaqueline L Deen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281825?pdf=render