A Reduction in Adult Blood Stream Infection and Case Fatality at a Large African Hospital following Antiretroviral Therapy Roll-Out

Nicholas A. Feasey; Angela Houston; Mavuto Mukaka; Dan Komrower; Thandie Mwalukomo; Lyson Tenthani; Andreas Jahn; Mike Moore; Remco P. H. Peters; Melita A. Gordon; Dean B. Everett; Neil French; Joep J. van Oosterhout; Theresa J. Allain; Robert S. Heyderman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092226

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A Reduction in Adult Blood Stream Infection and Case Fatality at a Large African Hospital following Antiretroviral Therapy Roll-Out

Nicholas A. Feasey ,

* E-mail: nfeasey@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Angela Houston,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Mavuto Mukaka,

Affiliation Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Dan Komrower,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Thandie Mwalukomo,

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Lyson Tenthani,

Affiliations Department of HIV and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi, I-TECH Lilongwe, Malawi
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Andreas Jahn,

Affiliations Department of HIV and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi, I-TECH, Department for Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Mike Moore,

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Remco P. H. Peters,

Affiliation Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg and Tzaneen, South Africa
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Melita A. Gordon,

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Dean B. Everett,

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Neil French,

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Joep J. van Oosterhout,

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Dignitas International, Zomba, Blantyre, Malawi
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Theresa J. Allain,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Robert S. Heyderman

Affiliations Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW), University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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A Reduction in Adult Blood Stream Infection and Case Fatality at a Large African Hospital following Antiretroviral Therapy Roll-Out

Nicholas A. Feasey,
Angela Houston,
Mavuto Mukaka,
Dan Komrower,
Thandie Mwalukomo,
Lyson Tenthani,
Andreas Jahn,
Mike Moore,
Remco P. H. Peters,
Melita A. Gordon

Published: March 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092226

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