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A randomized controlled trial of hospital versus home based therapy with oral amoxicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 – 59 months: The IndiaCLEN Severe Pneumonia Oral Therapy (ISPOT) Study

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading cause of child mortality under five years of age worldwide. For pneumonia with chest indrawing in children aged 3–59 months, injectable penicillin and hospitalization was the recommended treatment. This increased the health care cost and exposure to nosocomial in...

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Autores principales: Patel, Archana B., Bang, Akash, Singh, Meenu, Dhande, Leena, Chelliah, Luke Ravi, Malik, Ashraf, Khadse, Sandhya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26577943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0510-9