Use of antibiotics within the IMCI guidelines in outpatient settings in Papua New Guinean children: An observational and effectiveness study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Senn, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Rarau, Patricia ^a   Salib, Mary ^a   Manong, Doris ^a   Siba, Peter ^a   Rogerson, Stephen ^d   Mueller, Ivo ^a,e,f   Genton, Blaise ^b,c  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTESUNATE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE DRUG DOSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84898748681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090990     Document Type: Article

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