Antibiotics as part of the management of severe acute malnutrition

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-435

  Trehan, Indi ^a,b   Goldbach, Hayley S ^c   LaGrone, Lacey N ^d   Meuli, Guthrie J ^a   Wang, Richard J ^e   Maleta, Kenneth M ^b   Manary, Mark J ^a,b,f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFDINIR; PLACEBO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAPULAR RASH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84873019660     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202851     Document Type: Article

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