Comparative efficacy of low-dose versus standard-dose azithromycin for patients with yaws: a randomised non-inferiority trial in Ghana and Papua New Guinea

BACKGROUND: A dose of 30 mg/kg of azithromycin is recommended for treatment of yaws, a disease targeted for global eradication. Treatment with 20 mg/kg of azithromycin is recommended for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. In some settings, these diseases are co-endemic. We aimed...

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Autores principales: Marks, Michael, Mitjà, Oriol, Bottomley, Christian, Kwakye, Cynthia, Houinei, Wendy, Bauri, Mathias, Adwere, Paul, Abdulai, Abdul A, Dua, Fredrick, Boateng, Laud, Wangi, James, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Wangnapi, Regina, Simpson, Shirley V, Miag, Helen, Addo, Kennedy K, Basing, Laud A, Danavall, Damien, Chi, Kai H, Pillay, Allan, Ballard, Ronald, Solomon, Anthony W, Chen, Cheng Y, Bieb, Sibauk V, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Mabey, David CW, Asiedu, Kingsley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29456191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30023-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29456191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30023-8

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