Open AccessWithholding Antimalarials in Febrile Children Who Have a Negative Result for a Rapid Diagnostic Test
Author(s) -
Valérie D’Acremont,
Aggrey Malila,
Ndeniria Swai,
Robert Tillya,
Judith KahamaMaro,
Christian Lengeler,
Blaise Genton
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/655688
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , diagnostic test , test (biology) , malaria , pediatrics , immunology , paleontology , biology
The availability of a rapid diagnostic test for malaria (RDTm) allows accurate diagnosis at all levels of health facilities. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety of withholding antimalarials in febrile children who have a negative test result.
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