Patients with positive malaria tests not given artemisinin-based combination therapies: a research synthesis describing under-prescription of antimalarial medicines in Africa

Abstract Background There has been a successful push towards parasitological diagnosis of malaria in Africa, mainly with rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs), which has reduced over-prescribing of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) to malaria test-negative patients. The effect on prescribing fo...

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發表在:	BMC Medicine
Main Authors:	Shennae O’Boyle, Katia J. Bruxvoort, Evelyn K. Ansah, Helen E. D. Burchett, Clare I. R. Chandler, Siân E. Clarke, Catherine Goodman, Wilfred Mbacham, Anthony K. Mbonye, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Sarah G. Staedke, Virginia L. Wiseman, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Heidi Hopkins
格式:	Article
語言:	英语
出版:	BMC 2020-01-01
主題:	Malaria Diagnosis Case management Fever case management Rapid diagnostic test Prescribing
在線閱讀:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1483-6