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A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya.
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BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood death in the developing world. Higher-quality etiological data are required to reduce this mortality burden. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of pneumonia etiology among children aged 1-59 months in rural Kenya. Case patients were hospitalized with World Health Organization-defined severe pneumonia (SP) or very severe pneumonia (VSP); controls were outpatient children without pneumonia. We collected blood for culture, induced s...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Volume:
- 54 Suppl 2
- Issue:
- SUPPL. 2
- Pages:
- S190-S199
- Publication date:
- 2012-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6591
- ISSN:
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1058-4838
- Source identifiers:
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321238
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:321238
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- pubs:321238
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2012
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