Patients with positive malaria tests not given artemisinin-based combination therapies: a research synthesis describing under-prescription of antimalarial medicines in Africa

Abstract Background There has been a successful push towards parasitological diagnosis of malaria in Africa, mainly with rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), which has reduced over-prescribing of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) to malaria test-negative patients. The effect on prescribing fo...

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Autors principals:	Shennae O’Boyle, Katia J. Bruxvoort, Evelyn K. Ansah, Helen E. D. Burchett, Clare I. R. Chandler, Siân E. Clarke, Catherine Goodman, Wilfred Mbacham, Anthony K. Mbonye, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Virginia L. Wiseman, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Heidi Hopkins
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	BMC 2020-01-01
Col·lecció:	BMC Medicine
Matèries:	Malaria Diagnosis Case management Fever case management Rapid diagnostic test Prescribing
Accés en línia:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1483-6
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