Failure of standard antimicrobial therapy in children aged 3-59 months with mild or asymptomatic HIV infection and severe pneumonia

Failure of standard antimicrobial therapy in children aged 3-59 months with mild or asymptomatic HIV infection and severe pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether children aged 3-59 months with mild or non-symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and WHO-defined severe pneumonia have a higher failure rate than do HIV-uninfected children when treated with the standard WHO treatment of parenteral penicillin or ora...

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Main Authors: Jeena Prakash, Thea Donald M, MacLeod William B, Chisaka Noel, Fox Matthew P, Coovadia HM, Qazi Shamim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Pneumonia/drug therapy
HIV infections
Infant
Child
Penicillins
Amoxicillin
South Africa
Zambia
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000400010

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