Prevalence of mycobacteremia among HIV-infected infants and children in northern Tanzania.
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a common cause of bloodstream infections among HIV-infected
adults in sub-Saharan Africa, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
We found no cases of mycobacteremia among 93 ill, HIV-infected children in northern
Tanzania, despite optimization of laboratory methods and selection of patients thought
to be at highest risk for disseminated infection.
Type
Journal articleSubject
AdolescentBacteremia
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
HIV Infections
Humans
Infant
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Prevalence
Tanzania
Tuberculosis
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/13781Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1097/INF.0b013e318286957fPublication Info
(2013). Prevalence of mycobacteremia among HIV-infected infants and children in northern Tanzania.
Pediatr Infect Dis J, 32(7). pp. 754-756. 10.1097/INF.0b013e318286957f. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/13781.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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John Andrew Crump
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
I am based in northern Tanzania where I am Site Leader for Duke University’s
collaborative research program based at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Director
of Tanzania Operations for the Duke Global Health Institute. I oversee the design
and implementation of research studies on infectious diseases, particularly febrile
illness, invasive bacterial disease, HIV-associated opportunistic infections, clinical
trials of antiretroviral therapy and prevention of mother-to-child tr
Coleen Kathryn Cunningham
Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Cunningham is a pediatric infectious diseases physician who has focused her research
on the prevention and treatment of HIV infection in children. She has also played
important roles in evaluation of vaccines for other infectious diseases and recently
has worked on Ebola virus treatment studies. She is currently working on studies
of active and passive immunization to prevent HIV transmission in neonates born to
HIV infected women.
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