Septicaemia in the Tropics: A Prospective Epidemiological Study of 146 Patients with a High Case Fatality Rate
| العنوان: | Septicaemia in the Tropics: A Prospective Epidemiological Study of 146 Patients with a High Case Fatality Rate |
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| المؤلفون: | Onile Ba, J.O. Ashiru, Sogbetun Ao, David Montefiore, Alausa Ko, Eunice Sobayo |
| المصدر: | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 9:181-185 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 1977. |
| سنة النشر: | 1977 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Microbiology (medical), Staphylococcus aureus, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Adolescent, Pyomyositis, medicine.drug_class, Antibiotics, Population, Nigeria, Staphylococcal infections, medicine.disease_cause, Sepsis, Epidemiology, Case fatality rate, medicine, Humans, Pseudomonas Infections, Prospective Studies, Child, Prospective cohort study, education, Tropical Climate, education.field_of_study, General Immunology and Microbiology, business.industry, Age Factors, Infant, Newborn, Infant, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Staphylococcal Infections, medicine.disease, Klebsiella Infections, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella Infections, business |
| الوصف: | A prospective study showed that during the first 6 months of 1976, 146 patients out of a total of 3938 admitted to a hospital in Nigeria were suffering from septicaemia, or developed the condition while in hospital. Findings differed from those reported from developed countries in that the majority of infections were community acquired, those most frequently and severely affected were the very young, and salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus were the most important pathogens. However, other gram-negative organisms, particularly klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa also occurred frequently among the very young, in whom they produced a high mortality. The type of epidemiological pattern, and the bacteria responsible for the bloodstream infections reflect a differing age structure of the population in tropical countries from that in temperature developed countries, as well as the fact that bacterial infections are still one of the most important causes of illness and hospital admission among tropical communities. |
| تدمد: | 1651-1980 0036-5548 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ae10cc86ff00c92ee2dfaa40cf200837 https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1977.9.issue-3.05 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....ae10cc86ff00c92ee2dfaa40cf200837 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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