Out-patient drug treatment of pneumonia among children under two years of age in Fortaleza, Brazil Tratamento ambulatorial das pneumonias nas crianças menores de dois anos em Fortaleza, Brasil

• Hauptverfasser: Chizuru Misago (Verfasst von), Tom F. Marshall (Verfasst von), Walter Fonseca (Verfasst von), Betty R. Kirkwood (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Results are reported from a study on drug use in treatment of children with pneumonia in a pediatric hospital in the city of Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. There were 171 out-patients; prescription details were obtained for 149. The most commonly prescribed antimicrobial drug was procaine penicilli...