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

• Main Authors: Mohan, Anand, Munusamy, Chandran, Tan, Yee Chin, Muthuvelu, Sobana, Hashim, Rohaidah, Chien, Su Lin, Wong, Ming Kui, Nurul Aiman, Khairuddin, Yuwana, Podin, Lau, Peter Sie Teck, Ng, David Chun Ern, Ooi, Mong How
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MC Infectious Diseases 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology; QR180 Immunology; R Medicine (General); RJ Pediatrics; RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25614/1/Anand%20Mohan.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25614/; https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-3963-x

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 nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) infections are believed to be uncommon....