Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk

In a Perspective, Keith P. Klugman and Rasa Izadnegahdar from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the potentials and risks of antibiotic prophylaxis interventions for infectious disease outbreaks in rural regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa with very high mortality rates, when primary prop...

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Autores principales: Klugman, Keith P., Izadnegahdar, Rasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6019101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29944649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002594
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description In a Perspective, Keith P. Klugman and Rasa Izadnegahdar from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the potentials and risks of antibiotic prophylaxis interventions for infectious disease outbreaks in rural regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa with very high mortality rates, when primary prophylactic vaccination programs are not yet available.
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spelling pubmed-60191012018-07-07 Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk Klugman, Keith P. Izadnegahdar, Rasa PLoS Med Perspective In a Perspective, Keith P. Klugman and Rasa Izadnegahdar from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the potentials and risks of antibiotic prophylaxis interventions for infectious disease outbreaks in rural regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa with very high mortality rates, when primary prophylactic vaccination programs are not yet available. Public Library of Science 2018-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6019101/ /pubmed/29944649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002594 Text en © 2018 Klugman, Izadnegahdar http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title_full Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title_fullStr Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title_full_unstemmed Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title_short Antibiotic prophylaxis—Preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
title_sort antibiotic prophylaxis—preventing severe infections and saving lives in poor countries with very high mortality risk
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6019101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29944649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002594
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