| nosocomial bacterial infections among children with severe protein energy malnutrition. | the incidence of hospital acquired acute bacterial infections among 164 severely malnourished children admitted to the paediatric wards at the muhimbili medical centre in dar es salaam were studied. on admission, ninety two per cent of the patients had at least one form of bacterial infection. during the subsequent two weeks hospital stay, 49% of the patients acquired a new infection. septicaemia and urinary tract infection (uti) were the commonest infections. staphylococcus aureus was the commo ... | 1992 | 1396209 |