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Invasive Salmonella infections among children in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: a 6-year retrospective review

Mohan A 1 , Munusamy C 2 , Tan YC 2 , Muthuvelu S 2 , Hashim R 3 , Chien SL 4 Show all authors , Wong MK 4 , Khairuddin NA 4 , Podin Y 5 , Lau PS 2 , Ng DC 2 , Ooi MH 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. anand_bintulu@yahoo.com
  • 2 Department of Paediatrics, Bintulu Hospital, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 3 Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Disease Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Pathology, Bintulu Hospital, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 5 Institute of Health and Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
BMC Infect Dis, 2019 Apr 18;19(1):330.
PMID: 30999894 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3963-x

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Invasive Salmonella infections result in significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In Asia, typhoid and paratyphoid fever are reported to be the major invasive Salmonella infections, while invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) infections are believed to be uncommon. Data from Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, are limited.

METHODS: A retrospective study identifying all children aged

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