Overdiagnosis and mistreatment of malaria among febrile patients at primary healthcare level in Afghanistan: Observational study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7867, 2012, Pages

  Leslie, Toby ^a,b   Mikhail, Amy ^a,b   Mayan, Ismail ^b   Anwar, Mohammed ^c   Bakhtash, Sayed ^d   Nader, Mohammed ^c   Chandler, Clare ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a  

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

^b Health Protection and Research Organisation   (Afghanistan)

^c Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Emergency Relief International   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864389196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4389     Document Type: Article

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