Evaluation of in-hospital management for febrile illness in northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of malaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Moon, Andrew M ^a   Biggs, Holly M ^b   Rubach, Matthew P ^b   Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d,e   Maro, Venace P ^d,e   Saganda, Wilbrod ^f   Reddy, Elizabeth A ^a,b,d,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SMEAR; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84896080340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089814     Document Type: Article

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