Simplified antibiotic regimens for neonatal sepsis--AFRINEST

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK. Electronic address: juan.dewez@lstmed.ac.uk.
² Department of Paediatrics, Safdarjung Hospital and Associated Vardhman Mahavir Medical, New Delhi, India.
³ Reproductive and Child Health Division, Centre for Injury Prevention & Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.

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Juan Emmanuel Dewez et al. Lancet. 2015.

. 2015 Oct 3;386(10001):1337-1338.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00330-X.

¹ Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK. Electronic address: juan.dewez@lstmed.ac.uk.
² Department of Paediatrics, Safdarjung Hospital and Associated Vardhman Mahavir Medical, New Delhi, India.
³ Reproductive and Child Health Division, Centre for Injury Prevention & Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.

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Simplified antibiotic regimens for neonatal sepsis--AFRINEST - Authors' reply.
Esamai F, Ayede AI, Adejuyigbe EA, Tshefu A, Wammanda RD; African Neonatal Sepsis Trial (AFRINEST) group. Esamai F, et al. Lancet. 2015 Oct 3;386(10001):1339. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00332-3. Lancet. 2015. PMID: 26460774 No abstract available.

Simplified antibiotic regimens compared with injectable procaine benzylpenicillin plus gentamicin for treatment of neonates and young infants with clinical signs of possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not possible: a randomised, open-label, equivalence trial.
African Neonatal Sepsis Trial (AFRINEST) group; Tshefu A, Lokangaka A, Ngaima S, Engmann C, Esamai F, Gisore P, Ayede AI, Falade AG, Adejuyigbe EA, Anyabolu CH, Wammanda RD, Ejembi CL, Ogala WN, Gram L, Cousens S. African Neonatal Sepsis Trial (AFRINEST) group, et al. Lancet. 2015 May 2;385(9979):1767-1776. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62284-4. Epub 2015 Apr 1. Lancet. 2015. PMID: 25842221 Clinical Trial.