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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2436-2437

  Trehan, Indi ^a   Maleta, Kenneth M ^b   Manary, Mark J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIV ANTIBODY TEST KIT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SANITATION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 84879109985     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1304407     Document Type: Letter

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