A Prospective Study of the Causes of Febrile Illness Requiring Hospitalization in Children in Cambodia

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Authors

Kheng Chheng · Angkor Hospital for Children

Michael J. Carter · Mahidol University

Katherine R. W. Emary · University of Oxford

Ngoun Chanpheaktra · Angkor Hospital for Children

Catrin E. Moore · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Nicole Stoesser · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Hor Putchhat

Abstract

We identified a microbiological cause of fever in almost 50% of episodes in this large study of community-acquired febrile illness in hospitalized children in Cambodia. The range of pathogens, antimicrobial susceptibility, and co-morbidities associated with mortality described will be of use in the development of rational guidelines for infectious disease treatment and control in Cambodia and South-East Asia.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Global Maternal and Child Health Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. e60634-e60634

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060634

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