Impact of Community Management of Fever (Using Antimalarials With or Without Antibiotics) on Childhood Mortality: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Ghana

Malaria and pneumonia are leading causes of childhood mortality. Home Management of fever as Malaria (HMM) enables presumptive treatment with antimalarial drugs but excludes pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the impact of adding an antibiotic, amoxicillin (AMX) to an antimalarial, artesunate amodiaqui...

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Autores principales: Chinbuah, Margaret A., Kager, Piet A., Abbey, Mercy, Gyapong, Margaret, Awini, Elizabeth, Nonvignon, Justice, Adjuik, Martin, Aikins, Moses, Pagnoni, Franco, Gyapong, John O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23136273
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0078

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