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Clinical indicators for bacterial co-infection in Ghanaian children with P. falciparum infection.
Maja Verena Nielsen, Solomon Amemasor, Alex Agyekum, Wibke Loag, Florian Marks, Nimako Sarpong, Denise Dekker, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Jürgen May
Feb 19, 2019
Differentiation of infectious causes in severely ill children is essential but challenging in sub- Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to determine clinical indicators that are able to identify bacterial co-infections in P....
Adolescent Anthropometry Bacteremia Child Child Preschool Coinfection Cough Dehydration Ghana Humans Malaria Falciparum Odds Ratio Predictive Value of Tests prevalence Regression Analysis Rural Population Salmonella Infections Sensitivity and Specificity Socioeconomic Factors Splenomegaly Streptococcal Infections
Systemic bacteraemia in children presenting with clinical pneumonia and the impact of non-typhoid salmonella (NTS).
Norbert G Schwarz, Nimako Sarpong, Frank Hünger, Florian Marks, Samuel Ek Acquah, Alex Agyekum, Bernard Nkrumah, Wibke Loag, Ralf M Hagen, Jennifer A Evans, Denise Dekker, Julius N Fobil, Christian G Meyer, Jürgen May, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Feb 20, 2019
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of pneumonia in African children in the absence of diagnostic means such as x-ray facilities or microbiological laboratories relies primarily on clinical symptoms presented...
Incidence and characteristics of bacteremia among children in rural Ghana.
Maja Verena Nielsen, Nimako Sarpong, Ralf Krumkamp, Denise Dekker, Wibke Loag, Solomon Amemasor, Alex Agyekum, Florian Marks, Frank Huenger, Anne Caroline Krefis, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Jürgen May, Norbert Georg Schwarz
Feb 20, 2019
The objective of the study was to describe systemic bacterial infections occurring in acutely ill and hospitalized children in a rural region in Ghana, regarding frequency, incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and...
Madagascar's EPI vaccine programs
Emma Hahesy, Ligia Maria Cruz-Espinoza, Gabriel Nyirenda, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Jerome H Kim, Florian Marks, Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy, Wibke Wetzker, Andrea Haselbeck
Sep 30, 2022
Challenges to the Fight against Rabies-The Landscape of Policy and Prevention Strategies in Africa.
Andrea Haekyung Haselbeck, Sylvie Rietmann, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Kerstin Kling, Maria Elena Kaschubat-Dieudonné, Florian Marks, Wibke Wetzker, Christa Thöne-Reineke
Feb 11, 2021
Nearly 59,000 human deaths worldwide are attributable to rabies annually, of which more than a third occur in Africa. In recent years, progress has been made in both action and collaboration including implementation of...
Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi).
Robin Kobbe, Samuel Adjei, Christina Kreuzberg, Benno Kreuels, Benedicta Thompson, Peter A Thompson, Florian Marks, Wibke Busch, Meral Tosun, Nadine Schreiber, Ernest Opoku, Ohene Adjei, Christian G Meyer, Juergen May
Feb 20, 2019
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infants (IPTi) is currently evaluated as a malaria control strategy. Among the factors influencing the extent of protection that is provided by IPTi are the...