Non-adherence to oral antibiotics for community paediatric pneumonia treatment in Malawi - A qualitative investigation.

BACKGROUND:Pneumonia remains the leading cause of paediatric infectious mortality globally. Treatment failure, which can result from non-adherence to oral antibiotics, can lead to poor outcomes and therefore improving adherence could be a strategy to reduce pneumonia related morbidity and mortality....

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Main Authors: Carina King, Rebecca Nightingale, Tambosi Phiri, Beatiwel Zadutsa, Esther Kainja, Charles Makwenda, Tim Colbourn, Fiona Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6209296?pdf=render