The benefits or otherwise of managing malaria cases with or without laboratory diagnosis: the experience in a district hospital in Ghana.

The benefits or otherwise of managing malaria cases with or without laboratory diagnosis: the experience in a district hospital in Ghana.

BACKGROUND: This study was conducted at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital in Ghana to determine whether there was any benefit (or otherwise) in basing the management of cases of suspected malaria solely on laboratory confirmation (microscopy or by RDT) as compared with presumptive diagnosis. METHOD: C...

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Main Authors: Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Kwaku Poku Asante, Emmanuel Mahama, Stephen Apanga, Ruth Owusu, Evans Kwara, George Adjei, Livesy Abokyi, Enuameh Yeetey, David Kwame Dosoo, Damien Punguyire, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3591456?pdf=render

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