title: Case report: cholera in a preterm neonate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ngoma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mubita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malowa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbelenga
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D008297:Male; D015024:Zambia