Point-of-Care Biomarkers to Guide Antibiotic Prescription for Acute Febrile Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa: Promises and Caveats

Empiric malaria treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa has significantly decreased with the scaling-up of malaria rapid diagnostic tests; this coincided with a pronounced increase in empiric antibiotic prescriptions. In high-income countries, guidance for antibiotic prescriptions using biomarkers such as C...

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Autores principales: van Griensven, Johan, Cnops, Lieselotte, De Weggheleire, Anja, Declercq, Steven, Bottieau, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa260

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa260

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