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Paediatrics and International Child Health Volume 36, 2016 - Issue 2
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A retrospective study of factors which determine a negative blood culture in Cambodian children diagnosed with enteric fever

Rachel Bousfield1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia;2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Miliya Thyl1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Orng Samol1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Loet Rithea1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Soeng Sona1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Hor Put Chhat1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Sar Poda1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Cartin E. Moore1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia;3 Mahidol–Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;4 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
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Kheng Chheng1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Varun Kumar1 Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Nicholas P. J. Day3 Mahidol–Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;4 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
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Christopher M. Parry3 Mahidol–Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;5 Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
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Pages 118-121 | Published online: 27 Apr 2016

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