Mahosot Hospital is a hospital on Quai Fa Ngum,

Vientiane Vientiane ( , ; lo, ວຽງຈັນ, ''Viangchan'', ) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Vientiane is divided administratively into 9 cities with a total area of only approx. 3,920 square kilometres and is located on the banks of ...

, Laos. It was established in 1903. The hospital specializes diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and also serves as an important medical research and training centre. The country has a relatively low life expectancy at just 68 years, and diseases such as

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and

bacteraemia Bloodstream infections (BSIs), which include bacteremias when the infections are bacterial and fungemias when the infections are fungal, are infections present in the blood. Blood is normally a sterile environment, so the detection of micro ...

are important. Since 2000 the hospital has included the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit. This is funded by the Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the

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. The Infectious Diseases Centre in the hospital consists of two floors: a patient ward on the ground floor with rooms varying on degree of isolation, a

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and research area and offices and conference rooms on the upper floor.

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