Bacteremia in Childhood Life-Threatening Infections in Urban Gambia: EUCLIDS in West Africa.

F SeckaJethro Adam HerbergI SarrS DarboeG SeyM SaidykhanM WathuoM KaforouM AntonioA RocaS M A ZamanM Cebey-LópezN P BoeddhaS PaulusD S KohlfürstM EmontsW ZenzE D CarrolR de GrootL SchlapbachF Martinon-TorresK BojangM LevinM van der FlierS T Anderson

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

The bacteremia rate in children with suspected childhood life-threatening infectious diseases in The Gambia is high. The pattern of pathogen prevalence and antimicrobial resistance has changed over time compared with previous studies illustrating the importance of robust bacterial surveillance programs in resource-limited settings.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
infectious diseases
public health
early life
young adults
childhood cancer
gram negative
risk factors
pulmonary embolism
candida albicans
multidrug resistant
case control