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To the Editor: Calis et al. (Feb. 28 issue)¹ report a significant association of bacteremia with severe anemia in Malawi. Bacteremia in case patients and control patients was mainly due to nontyphoid salmonella. The study showed that nontyphoid salmonella bacteremia was present in 10.0% of case patients with severe anemia and in 1.5% of controls. This association has been consistently noted in other studies of childhood bacteremia in tropical Africa.²

As discussed in the report, the association does not necessarily mean that nontyphoid salmonella bacteremia is a common cause of severe anemia. There are data suggesting that nontyphoid salmonella bacteremia . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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