Daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis to prevent mortality in children with complicated severe acute malnutrition: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Children with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a greatly increased risk of mortality from infections while in hospital and after discharge. In HIV-infected children, mortality and admission to hospital are prevented by daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, despite locally rep...

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Autores principales: Berkley, James A, Ngari, Moses, Thitiri, Johnstone, Mwalekwa, Laura, Timbwa, Molline, Hamid, Fauzat, Ali, Rehema, Shangala, Jimmy, Mturi, Neema, Jones, Kelsey D J, Alphan, Hassan, Mutai, Beatrice, Bandika, Victor, Hemed, Twahir, Awuondo, Ken, Morpeth, Susan, Kariuki, Samuel, Fegan, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27265353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30096-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27265353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30096-1

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