Carsten Krüger
Haydom Lutheran Hospital
22 Papers
113 Citations
Carsten Krüger is an academic researcher from Haydom Lutheran Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 21 publications. Previous affiliations of Carsten Krüger include Boston Children's Hospital & Witten/Herdecke University.
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Papers
Aquatic leech infestation: a rare cause of severe anaemia in an adolescent Tanzanian girl
TL;DR: In developing countries, even unusual causes like leech infestation have to be considered in the differential diagnosis of severe anaemia in children, as on a 15-year-old girl who presented with a history of chest pain, coughing, intermittent haemoptysis, fever, pallor and vomiting in Tanzania.
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Adherence to the integrated management of childhood illness guidelines in Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: evidence from the national service provision assessment surveys
TL;DR: Adherence rates tended to be higher in children ≤ 24 months, at hospitals, among higher-qualified staff (physician/non-physician clinician) and among those with recent IMCI re-training, and were highest when assessing children with the actual diagnosis of pneumonia and diarrhoea.
Nosocomial outbreak of neonatal Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis meningitis in a rural hospital in northern Tanzania
Hogne Vaagland,Hogne Vaagland,Bjørn Blomberg,Carsten Krüger,Naftali Naman,Roland Jureen,Nina Langeland,Nina Langeland +7 more
TL;DR: The investigation indicated that the outbreak was nosocomial and the outbreak subsided after hygienic measures were instituted, reminding us that nontyphoidal salmonellae can cause meningitis associated with very high case-fatality rates.
Congenital syphilis: still a serious, under-diagnosed threat for children in resource-poor countries
Carsten Krüger,Isaack Malleyeck +1 more
TL;DR: An important approach to control and finally eliminate congenital syphilis as a major public health problem will be universal on-site syphilis screening of all pregnant women at their first antenatal visit and immediate treatment for those who test positive.
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A telemedicine network to support paediatric care in small hospitals in rural Tanzania.
Carsten Krüger,Mauri Niemi +1 more
TL;DR: A simple web-based telemedicine system combined with email alerts is feasible in remote locations in Tanzania, even where fast Internet connections are not available.
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