Daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis to prevent mortality in children with complicated severe acute malnutrition: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

Background: Children with complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a greatly increased risk of mortality from infections while in hospital and after discharge. In HIV-infected children, mortality and admission to hospital are prevented by daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis, despite locally rep...

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Principais autores:	Prof. James A Berkley, FRCPCH, Moses Ngari, MSc, Johnstone Thitiri, MSc, Laura Mwalekwa, HND, Molline Timbwa, HND, Fauzat Hamid, HND, Rehema Ali, SRN, Jimmy Shangala, BPharm, Neema Mturi, MRCPCH, Kelsey D J Jones, MRCPCH, Hassan Alphan, BSc, Beatrice Mutai, MMed, Victor Bandika, MMed, Twahir Hemed, MMed, Ken Awuondo, MSc, Susan Morpeth, FRACP, Prof. Samuel Kariuki, PhD, Gregory Fegan, PhD
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Elsevier 2016-07-01
coleção:	The Lancet Global Health
Acesso em linha:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X16300961
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