Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Kariuki, Samuel, Revathi, Gunturu, Kariuki, Nyambura, Kiiru, John, Mwituria, Joyce and Hart, Charles A (2006) Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. BMC Microbiology, 6 (1). p. 101.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-6-101

Abstract

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa community-acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major cause of high morbidity and death among children under 5 years of age especially from resource poor settings. The emergence of multidrug resistance is a major challenge in treatment of life threatening invasive NTS infections in these settings. Results: Overall 170 (51.2%) of children presented with bacteraemia alone, 28 (8.4%) with gastroenteritis and bacteraemia and 134 (40.4%) with gastroenteritis alone. NTS serotypes obtained from all the cases included S. Typhimurium (196; 59%), S. Enteritidis (94; 28.3%) and other serotypes in smaller numbers (42; 12.7%); distribution of these serotypes among cases with bacteremia or gastroenteritis was not significantly different. A significantly higher proportion of younger children (

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published: 15 December 2006. 10 pages (page numbers not for citation purposes).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NONTYPHOIDAL SALMONELLA, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL-MENINGITIS, CHILDHOOD, TANZANIA, MALAWI
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Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2008 15:34
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 00:50
DOI:	10.1186/1471-2180-6-101
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/751