Use of clinical syndromes to target antibiotic prescribing in seriously ill children in malaria endemic area: observational study.

OBJECTIVES: To determine how well antibiotic treatment is targeted by simple clinical syndromes and to what extent drug resistance threatens affordable antibiotics. DESIGN: Observational study involving a priori definition of a hierarchy of syndromic indications for antibiotic therapy derived from...

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Main Authors: Berkley, J, Maitland, K, Mwangi, I, Ngetsa, C, Mwarumba, S, Lowe, B, Newton, C, Marsh, K, Scott, J, English, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005