Chloramphenicol versus benzylpenicillin and gentamicin for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children in Papua New Guinea: A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9305, 2002, Pages 474-480

  Duke, Trevor ^a,d   Poka, Harry ^b   Dale, Frank ^a   Michael, Audrey ^c   Mgone, Joyce ^a   Wal, Tilda ^c  

^a Goroka Base Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Kundiawa Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037045577     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07677-8     Document Type: Article

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