Complicated Odontogenic Infections at 2 District Hospitals in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Cohort Study (DELAY)

Hanna M J L Hazenberg   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD ;   Jan Henk Dubbink   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Issa Sesay   ² , SECHN ;   Tom Versteege   ² , MD ;   Hassan Bangura   ⁴ , CHO ;   Louise K Hoevenaars   ⁴ , MD ;   Abdul M Falama   ⁵ , MD ;   Heleen M Koudijs   ⁴ , MD ;   Rosa Roemers   ² , MD ;   Emmanuel B Bache   ¹ , MSc ;   Emil F Kelling   ² , MD ;   Frieder Schaumburg   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Fred K L Spijkervet   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Martin P Grobusch   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD

¹ Center for Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Masanga Medical Research Unit, Masanga Hospital, Masanga, Sierra Leone

³ KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴ Lion Heart Medical Centre, Yele, Sierra Leone

⁵ District Health Medical Team, District Medical Office, Magburaka, Sierra Leone

⁶ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

⁷ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands