Penicillin V prophylaxis uptake among children living with sickle cell disease in a specialist sickle cell clinic in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

Penicillin V prophylaxis uptake among children living with sickle cell disease in a specialist sickle cell clinic in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

Abstract Background and Aims Penicillin V prophylaxis protects children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) from bacteria infections especially Streptococcus pneumonia. However, the uptake of penicillin V prophylaxis is difficult to assess and often poor among SCD patients. Therefore, this study s...

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Main Authors: Samuel F. Odoom, Sam K. Newton, Emmanuel K. Nakua, Kennedy G. Boahen, Samuel B. Nguah, Daniel Ansong, Isaac Nyanor, Evans X. Amuzu, Ernest Amanor, Francis A. Osei, Aliyu Mohammed, Nicholas K. Mensah, Charles Martyn‐Dickens, Alex Osei‐Akoto, Vivian Paintsil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-11-01
Series:Health Science Reports
Subjects:
penicillin V prophylaxis
penicillin V prophylaxis adherence
sickle cell disease (SCD)
Sickle Pan‐African Research Consortium (SPARCo)
urine assay method
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.953

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https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.953

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