Outpatient treatment of children with severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in four countries: The MASS study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 995-1006

  Addo Yobo, Emmanuel ^a   Anh, Dang D ^b   El Sayed, Hesham F ^c   Fox, Leanne M ^d   Fox, Matthew P ^d,e   Macleod, William ^d   Saha, Samir ^f   Tuan, Tran A ^g   Thea, Donald M ^d   Qazi, Shamim ^h  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^g Children's Hospital No 1   (Viet Nam)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Developing countries; Effectiveness; Integrated management of childhood illness; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; PNEUMONIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DRINKING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX WALL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIET NAM; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMBULATORY CARE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

BANGLADESH; EGYPT; GHANA; VIET NAM;

EID: 79960226532     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02787.x     Document Type: Article

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