Treatment guided by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Tanzanian children: safety and alternative bacterial diagnoses

BACKGROUND: WHO guidelines for the treatment of young children with suspected malaria have recently changed from presumptive treatment to anti-malarial treatment guided by a blood slide or malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT). However, there is limited evidence of the safety of this policy in routine...

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Autores principales: Mtove, George, Hendriksen, Ilse CE, Amos, Ben, Mrema, Hedwiga, Mandia, Victor, Manjurano, Alphaxard, Muro, Florida, Sykes, Alma, Hildenwall, Helena, Whitty, Christopher JM, Reyburn, Hugh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-290

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21978238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-290

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