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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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Huvudupphov: 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
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Utgiven: BMC 2020-01-01
Serie:BMC Medicine
Ämnen:
Malaria
Diagnosis
Case management
Fever case management
Rapid diagnostic test
Prescribing
Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1483-6
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