Science & ResearchJul 23, 2026
Oral step-down, optimal drug, and total duration of antibiotic treatment in African children hospitalised with severe community-acquired pneumonia (PediCAP): a factorial randomised controlled trial.
WHO recommends 5 days of intravenous antibiotics for children hospitalised with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
WHO recommends 5 days of intravenous antibiotics for children hospitalised with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We aimed to investigate the safety of a step-down to different oral antibiotics and the shortest effective duration. PediCAP was an open-label, parallel…
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