Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: A prospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7476, 2004, Pages 1212-1215

  Reyburn, Hugh ^a   Mbatia, Redempta ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Carneiro, Ilona ^a   Mwakasungula, Emmanuel ^c   Mwerinde, Ombeni ^b   Saganda, Kapalala ^d   Shao, John ^b   Kitua, Andrew ^c   Olomi, Raimos ^b   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a  

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

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d Mawenzi Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 9244221084     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38251.658229.55     Document Type: Article

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