Open AccessProfile of bacterial pathogens causing infections in children with sickle cell anaemia in Maiduguri
Author(s) -
Halima Abubakar Ibrahim,
Yakubu Mohammed Yakubu,
Abubakar Garba Farouk,
Pwavimbo Ambe,
Galadima Gadzama
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_531_21
Subject(s) - medicine , cefixime , gentamicin , incidence (geometry) , amoxicillin , staphylococcus aureus , klebsiella , antibiotics , salmonella , antibiotic sensitivity , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , ceftriaxone , bacteria , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , physics , genetics , optics , gene
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in African children. Infection has been found to be a major cause of hospitalisation, a major precipitant of crises and one of the greatest causes of death among SCD patients at all ages.