Nosocomial outbreak of neonatal <it>Salmonella enterica </it>serotype Enteritidis meningitis in a rural hospital in northern Tanzania

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clinicians at Haydom Lutheran Hospital, a rural hospital in northern Tanzania noted an unusually high case-fatality rate of pediatric meningitis and suspected an outbreak of an unknown agent or an organism resistant to the empirical...

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Main Authors: Krüger Carsten, Blomberg Bjørn, Vaagland Hogne, Naman Naftali, Jureen Roland, Langeland Nina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/4/35