Simplified antibiotic regimens for the management of clinically diagnosed severe infections in newborns and young infants in first-level facilities in Karachi, Pakistan: Study design for an outpatient randomized controlled equivalence trial

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Zaidi, Anita K M ^a   Tikmani, Shiyam Sundar ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Baloch, Benazir ^a   Kazi, Momin ^a   Rehman, Hamidur ^a   Karimi, Khairunnissa ^a   Jehan, Fyezah ^a   Ahmed, Imran ^a   Cousens, Simon ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Case management; Clinic; Community; Infant; Infection; Neonatal; Newborn; Outpatient; Pakistan; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84883236488     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829ff7aa     Document Type: Article

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