Recognising and Treatment Seeking for Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Adults and Children in Resource-Poor Settings: A Qualitative Study

OBJECTIVE: High mortality burden from Acute Bacterial Meningitis (ABM) in resource-poor settings has been frequently blamed on delays in treatment seeking. We explored treatment-seeking pathways from household to primary health care and referral for ABM in Malawi. DESIGN: A cross-sectional qualitati...

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Autores principales: Desmond, Nicola A., Nyirenda, Deborah, Dube, Queen, Mallewa, MacPherson, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Lalloo, David G., Heyderman, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068163

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