Malawian Children with Chest-indrawing Pneumonia with and Without Comorbidities or Danger Signs

Children with comorbidities or danger signs are often excluded from trials evaluating pneumonia treatment. This study sought to investigate whether the percentage of children with chest-in drawing pneumonia cured at Day 14 was lower among those with HIV infection or exposure, malaria, moderate or severe acute malnutrition, or anemia enrolled in a prospective observational cohort study than among children without these comorbidities enrolled in a concurrent prospective randomized controlled trial evaluating duration of amoxicillin treatment in Lilongwe, Malawi.

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