Low rates of treatment failure in children aged 2-59 months treated for severe pneumonia: A multisite pooled analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 978-987

  Fox, Matthew P ^a   Thea, Donald M ^a   Sadruddin, Salim ^b   Bari, Abdul ^b   Bonawitz, Rachael ^a,c   Hazir, Tabish ^d   Nisar, Yasir Bin ^e   Qazi, Shamim A ^f  

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

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Meta analysis; Mortality; Severe pneumonia; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREATHING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; THORAX DISEASE; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84875018461     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1201     Document Type: Review

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