Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Childhood mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. In this cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial, mortality among children younger than 5 years of age was lower among those who received azithromycin than among those who received placebo.

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Vydané v:	The New England journal of medicine Ročník 378; číslo 17; s. 1583 - 1592
Hlavní autori:	Keenan, Jeremy D, Bailey, Robin L, West, Sheila K, Arzika, Ahmed M, Hart, John, Weaver, Jerusha, Kalua, Khumbo, Mrango, Zakayo, Ray, Kathryn J, Cook, Catherine, Lebas, Elodie, O’Brien, Kieran S, Emerson, Paul M, Porco, Travis C, Lietman, Thomas M
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 26.04.2018
Predmet:	Administration, Oral Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics Azithromycin Azithromycin - therapeutic use Body weight Child mortality Child Mortality - trends Child, Preschool Childhood Children Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases - mortality Confidence intervals Drug Resistance, Bacterial Female Humans Infant Infant Mortality - trends Intervention Malawi - epidemiology Male Mass Drug Administration - mortality Maternal & child health Mortality Niger - epidemiology Preschool children Public Health Streptococcus infections Sustainable development Tanzania - epidemiology Malawi Niger Sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Shrnutí:	Childhood mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. In this cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial, mortality among children younger than 5 years of age was lower among those who received azithromycin than among those who received placebo.
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ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMoa1715474