Should first-line empiric treatment strategies cover coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections in severely malnourished or HIV-infected children in Kenya?

Bloodstream infection is a common cause of morbidity in children aged

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Published in:PloS one 2017-08, Vol.12 (8), p.e0182354-e0182354
Main Authors: Obiero, Christina W, Seale, Anna C, Jones, Kelsey, Ngari, Moses, Bendon, Charlotte L, Morpeth, Susan, Mohammed, Shebe, Mturi, Neema, Fegan, Greg, Berkley, James A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Anti-infective agents
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Bacteremia
Bacteremia - complications
Biofilms
Biology and Life Sciences
Blood
Blood culture
Child malnutrition
Child, Preschool
Children
Coagulase
Coagulase - metabolism
Developing countries
Dosage and administration
Drug therapy
Edema
Female
Health aspects
HIV
HIV infections
HIV Infections - complications
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immunology
Infant
Infections
Infectious diseases
Kenya
Kwashiorkor - complications
LDCs
Male
Malnutrition
Medical tests
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Microbiology
Morbidity
Mortality
Pathogens
Pediatrics
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Regression analysis
Staphylococcal infections
Staphylococcal Infections - complications
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcus - drug effects
Staphylococcus - enzymology
Staphylococcus - physiology
Studies
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Summary:Bloodstream infection is a common cause of morbidity in children aged
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0182354