Bacteraemia, Malaria, and Case Fatality Among Children Hospitalized With Fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bacteraemia, Malaria, and Case Fatality Among Children Hospitalized With Fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BackgroundFebrile illness is the commonest cause of hospitalization in children <5 years in sub-Saharan Africa, and bacterial bloodstream infections and malaria are major causes of death.MethodsFrom March 2017 to July 2018, we enrolled 2,226 children aged 0–5 years hospitalized due to fever i...

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Main Authors: Sabrina J. Moyo, Joel Manyahi, Bjørn Blomberg, Marit Gjerde Tellevik, Nahya Salim Masoud, Said Aboud, Karim Manji, Adam P. Roberts, Kurt Hanevik, Kristine Mørch, Nina Langeland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
bacteraemia
malaria
antimicrobial resistance
P. falciparum
Tanzania
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02118/full

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