| bacteraemia and mortality among adult medical admissions in malawi--predominance of non-typhi salmonellae and streptococcus pneumoniae. | the high seroprevalence of hiv in malawi might be expected to alter the pattern of pathogens isolated from bacteraemic patients. we aimed to describe the frequency and seasonal pattern of bacterial isolates from blood, their antibiotic susceptibility, and patient outcome, in order to provide data on which to base empirical antibiotic therapy and further studies of pathogenesis. | 2001 | 11243753 |
| three cases of bacteremia caused by vibrio cholerae o1 in blantyre, malawi. | we report three fatal cases of bacteremia (two adults, one neonate) caused by vibrio cholerae o1 (ogawa), which occurred in the context of a community outbreak of cholera diarrhea in blantyre, malawi. only four cases of invasive disease caused by v. cholerae o1 have previously been reported. we describe the clinical features associated with these rare cases and discuss their significance. | 2001 | 11747744 |