High prevalence of Non–typhoid salmonella bacteraemia among febrile HIV adult patients admitted at a tertiary Hospital, North-Western Tanzania
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- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by International Medical Publisher (Fundacion de Neurociencias) in International Archives of Medicine
- Vol. 5 (1), 28
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-5-28
Abstract
Bacterial blood stream infections constitute a significant public-health problem and it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV infected patients. Little is known in developing countries regarding salmonella bacteraemia among HIV patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial pathogens causing blood stream infection among febrile adults attending in a tertiary hospital North-Western, Tanzania.Keywords
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