Encouraging rational antibiotic use in childhood pneumonia: a focus on Vietnam and the Western Pacific Region

Abstract Globally, pneumonia is considered to be the biggest killer of infants and young children (aged <5 years) outside the neonatal period, with the greatest disease burden in low- and middle-income countries. Optimal management of childhood pneumonia is challenging in settings where clinician...

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Main Authors: Nguyen T. K. Phuong, Tran T. Hoang, Pham H. Van, Lolyta Tu, Stephen M. Graham, Ben J. Marais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Pneumonia
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41479-017-0031-4