Would rational use of antibiotics be compromised in the era of test-based management of malaria?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-144

  Baiden, Frank ^a   Webster, Jayne ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a,b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b  

^a Kintampo Health Research Center   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimalarials; Malaria; Presumptive diagnosis; Rational use; Therapy; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN INFECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TRAINING; TYPHOID FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA;

AFRICA;

EID: 78651421539     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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