Case report: cholera in a preterm neonate.
Falling standards of sanitation resulted in the first outbreak of cholera in Lusaka, Zambia, during the rainy season, February 1990. A total of 2166 cases were handled with 128 (5.9%) deaths. One hundred and eight (108) children, including one preterm neonate, were admitted to the University Teaching Hospital. The neonate went to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Ngoma
M P
MP
Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.
Mubita
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M
Malowa
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Mbelenga
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D002771:Cholera; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D008297:Male; D015024:Zambia