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Azithromycin for treating uncomplicated typhoid and paratyphoid fever (enteric fever) (Review)
(John Wiley, 2008)
Background Enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) is potentially fatal. Infection with drug-resistant strains of the causative organism Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi or Paratyphi increases morbidity and mortality. ...
Prevalence and atiology of bacteraemia in severely malnourished children attending Mulago Hospital
(2002)
BACKGROUND:
Severe malnutrition is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality especially in developing counties. Severe malnutrition affects 7% of Uganda children below 5 years. During a 3 months study period, 226 ...
Inpatient mortality in children with clinically diagnosed malaria as compared with microscopically confirmed malaria
(Lippincott Wilkins & Williams, 2008)
Background: Inpatient treatment for malaria without microscopic confirmation of the diagnosis occurs commonly in sub-Saharan Africa. Differences in mortality in children who are tested by microscopy for Plasmodium falciparum ...
Total lymphocyte count: not a surrogate marker for risk of death in HIV infected Ugandan children
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008-10-01)
Objectives—To determine the utility of Total Lymphocyte Count (TLC) in predicting the 12 month mortality in HIV infected Ugandan children; to correlate TLC and CD4 cell %. Design—This is a retrospective data analysis of ...