Oral amoxicillin compared with injectable procaine benzylpenicillin plus gentamicin for treatment of neonates and young infants with fast breathing when referral is not possible: A randomised, open-label, equivalence trial

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9979, 2015, Pages 1758-1766

  Tshefu, Antoinette ^a   Lokangaka, Adrien ^a   Ngaima, Serge ^a   Engmann, Cyril ^b   Esamai, Fabian ^c   Gisore, Peter ^c   Ayede, Adejumoke Idowu ^d   Falade, Adegoke Gbadegesin ^d   Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A ^e   Anyabolu, Chineme Henry ^e   Wammanda, Robinson D ^f   Ejembi, Clara L ^f   Ogala, William N ^f   Gram, Lu ^g   Cousens, Simon ^g  

^a Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^f AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING DISORDER; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; KENYA; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIGERIA; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TACHYPNEA; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KENYA; MALE; NIGERIA; PENICILLIN G PROCAINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TACHYPNEA; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929024269     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62285-6     Document Type: Article

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