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ArticlePeerJ2023

Young Zambian infants with symptomatic RSV and pertussis infections are frequently prescribed inappropriate antibiotics: a retrospective analysis.

Christian E Gunning, Pejman Rohani, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Geoffrey Kwenda, Zacharia Mupila, Christopher J Gill

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Article in PeerJ, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Christian E GunningOdum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America.
Pejman RohaniOdum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America.
Lawrence MwananyandaSchool of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Geoffrey KwendaSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Zacharia MupilaRight to Care Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Christopher J GillSchool of Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Boston University · USUniversity of Georgia · USRight to Care · ZMUniversity of Zambia · ZM

Funding

SAMIPS-NPC: Southern Africa Mother Infant Pertussis Study, Nasopharyngeal CarriageR01AI133080 · NIAID · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GILL, CHRISTOPHER J, MWANANYANDA, LAWRENCE · 2017 to 2019
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a pressing global health concern, particularly in low-resource settings where diagnosis and treatment rely on empiric, symptoms-based guidelines such as the WHO's Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). This study details the delivery of IMCI-based health care to 1,320 young infants and their mothers in a low-resource urban community in Lusaka, Zambia during 2015. Our Southern Africa Mother Infant Pertussis Study (SAMIPS) prospectively monitored a cohort of mother/infant pairs across infants' first four months of life, recording symptoms of respiratory infection and antibiotics prescriptions (predominantly penicillins), and tested nasopharyngeal (NP) samples for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and

Indexed as

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanWhooping CoughAnti-Bacterial AgentsBordetella pertussisChildFemaleHumansInfantPenicillinsRetrospective StudiesZambiaAnti-Bacterial AgentsPenicillinsAfricaAntibioticsCohort studyCommunity-acquired pneumoniaEmpiric treatmentIMCIPediatric health carePertussisQPCRRSV

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PMID37193027
PMCPMC10183159
OpenAlexW4376872140

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