Surveillance for Invasive Salmonella Disease in Bamako, Mali, From 2002 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Salmonella enterica bloodstream infections are an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, including in Mali. We report 17 years of surveillance for nontyphoidal and typhoidal S. enterica infections among inpatients and outpatients at l'Hôpital Gabriel Touré, the main source of pediatric tertiary care in Bamako, Mali.

Methods

Between June 2002 and December 2018, a blood culture was collected from 54 748 children aged ≤15 years with fever and/or suspected invasive bacterial infection who provided consent (38 152 inpatients, 16 596 outpatients). Bacterial pathogens were identified using standard microbiological techniques and serovars of S. enterica were determined by PCR and/or agglutination with antisera.

Results

Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) w

SUBMITTER: Still WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388721 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature