Community-acquired bloodstream infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Reddy EA;Shaw AV;Crump JA;;
The Lancet. Infectious Diseases2010Vol. 10pp. -
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ea2010thecommunity-acquired
Abstract
Data on the prevalence and causes of community-acquired bloodstream infections in Africa are scarce. We searched three databases for studies that prospectively studied patients admitted to hospital with at least a blood culture, and found 22 eligible studies describing 58 296 patients, of whom 2051 …