Burden of respiratory tract infections at post mortem in Zambian children
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Summary
A cross-sectional observational autopsy study to describe the burden of respiratory tract infections in inpatient children who died at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia found more proactive testing for bacterial pneumonia and TB in paediatric inpatient settings is needed.
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- article
- Published
- 2016-07-01
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 50
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- Open access
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Keywords
Computer science
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