Treatment practices in patients with suspected malaria in provincial hospital of tete, mozambique

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-182

  Bottieau, E ^a   Gillet, P ^a   De Weggheleire, A ^a   Scheirlinck, A ^a   Stokx, J ^a   Mosse, C Das Dores ^b   Jacobs, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Direcçao Provincial da Saude ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimalarials; Malaria; Microscopy; Rapid diagnostic tests; Treatment practice

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOZAMBIQUE; PRESCRIPTION; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876319835     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs012     Document Type: Article

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