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Can We Predict Oral Antibiotic Treatment Failure in Children with Fast-Breathing Pneumonia Managed at the Community Level? A Prospective Cohort Study in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death amongst children globally, with the highest burden in Africa. Early identification of children at risk of treatment failure in the community and prompt referral could lower mortality. A number of clinical markers have been independently...

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Autores principales: King, Carina, McCollum, Eric D., Mankhambo, Limangeni, Colbourn, Tim, Beard, James, Hay Burgess, Debbie C., Costello, Anthony, Izadnegahdar, Raza, Lufesi, Norman, Masache, Gibson, Mwansambo, Charles, Nambiar, Bejoy, Johnson, Eric, Platt, Robert, Mukanga, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26313752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136839