Chloramphenicol versus ampicillin plus gentamicin for community acquired very severe pneumonia among...
Chloramphenicol versus ampicillin plus gentamicin for community acquired very severe pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months in low resource settings: multicentre randomised controlled trial (SPEAR study)
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Asghar, Rai , Banajeh, Salem , Egas, Josefina , Hibberd, Patricia , Iqbal, Imran , Katep-Bwalya, Mary , Kundi, Zafarullah , Law, Paul , MacLeod, William , Maulen-Radovan, Irene , Mino, Greta , Saha, Samir , Sempertegui, Fernando , Simon, Jonathon , Santosham, Mathuram , Singhi, Sunit , Thea, Donald M , Qazi, Shamim and Severe Pneumonia Evaluation Antimicrobial Research Study Group
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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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Objective To evaluate whether five days’ treatment with injectable ampicillin plus gentamicin compared with chloramphenicol reduces treatment failure in children aged 2-59 months with community acquired very severe pneumonia in low resource settings.Design Open label randomised controlled trial.Setting Inpatient wards within tertiary care hospitals...
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Chloramphenicol versus ampicillin plus gentamicin for community acquired very severe pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months in low resource settings: multicentre randomised controlled trial (SPEAR study)
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Author / Creator
Banajeh, Salem
Egas, Josefina
Hibberd, Patricia
Iqbal, Imran
Katep-Bwalya, Mary
Kundi, Zafarullah
Law, Paul
MacLeod, William
Maulen-Radovan, Irene
Mino, Greta
Saha, Samir
Sempertegui, Fernando
Simon, Jonathon
Santosham, Mathuram
Singhi, Sunit
Thea, Donald M
Qazi, Shamim
Severe Pneumonia Evaluation Antimicrobial Research Study Group
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2190277
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2190277
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0959-8138
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1468-5833,1756-1833
DOI
10.1136/bmj.39421.435949.BE
