Seeking diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for childhood bacterial pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for an observational study

Autor: Valim, Clarissa, Olatunji, Yekin Ajauoi, Isa, Yasir Shitu, Salaudeen, Rasheed, Golam, Sarwar, Knol, Edward F, Kanyi, Sheriffo, Jammeh, Abdoulie, Bassat, Quique, de Jager, Wilco, Diaz, Alejandro A, Wiegand, Roger C, Ramirez, Julio, Moses, Marsha A, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Hibberd, Patricia L, Mackenzie, Grant A

INTRODUCTION: Clinically diagnosed pneumonia in children is a leading cause of paediatric hospitalisation and mortality. The aetiology is usually bacterial or viral, but malaria can cause a syndrome indistinguishable from clinical pneumonia. There is

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Seeking diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for childhood bacterial pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for an observational study.

Autor: Valim C; Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA cvalim@bu.edu., Olatunji YA; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia., Isa YS; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia., Salaudeen R; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia., Golam S; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia., Knol EF; Center of Translational Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Kanyi S; Bansang Hospital, Bansang, The Gambia., Jammeh A; Basse Hospital, Basse, The Gambia., Bassat Q; Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.; Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique., de Jager W; Center of Translational Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Luminex Corp, Austin, Texas, USA., Diaz AA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Wiegand RC; Independent Researcher, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Ramirez J; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA., Moses MA; Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., D'Alessandro U; Disease Elimination and Control, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, Gambia.; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Hibberd PL; Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Mackenzie GA; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.; Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Publikováno v: BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2021 Sep 30; Vol. 11 (9), pp. e046590. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 30.