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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
Julia A Bielicki, Michelle Clements, Victor Musiime, David P Moore, Muhammad Sidat, Veronica Mulenga, Constantine Mutata, Damalie Nalwanga, Zainab Waggie, Josina Chilundo, Chishala Chabala, Mutsawashe Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Moherndran Archary, Andrew Kiggwe, Ziyaad Dangor, Ben Spittle, Monica Kapasa, Abner Tagoola, Charity Jeki, Jahit Sacarlal, W Chris Buck, Shula Chanda, Hilda A Mujuru, Carlo Giaquinto, Shabir A Madhi, A Sarah Walker, Mike Sharland, Cláudia Massitela, Winete Joaquim, Alice Maieca, Uneisse Cassia, Quim Adriano, Elias Manjate, Sonia Martins, Nádia Manjate, Mara Bombe, Eleutéria Macanze, Sheila Nhacumba, Faiaz Issa, Natércia Florindo, Ana Sigaúque, Rosalina Chilengue, Nigel Klein, Leatitia Kampiire, Anne Derache, Samkelisiwe Buthelezi, Senamile Makari, Sandisiwe Nkosi, Sihle Zindela, Nomhle Nkumana, Ntombi Khumalo, Lethabo Nkosi, Tshepiso Msibi, Brandon Jones, Lora Frank, Monica Kapasa, Gae Mundundu, Patricia Ngoma, Jacqueline H. Kaira, Oliver Mwenechanya, Anne Chimolula, Bwalya Simunyola, Martha Sakala, Joyce C. Lungu, Chimuka Kwale, Dorothy Zangata, Naomi Mumba, Jacqueline Mulako, Mundimba Makwamba, Frederick Chansa, Carolyn Zulu, Kusum J. Nathoo, Ennie Chidziva, Shepherd Mudzingwa, Misheck Phiri, Ruth Nhema, Godfrey Musoro, Vivian Mumbiro, Moses Chitsamatanga, Joy Chimhanzi, Shirley Mutsai, Dorcas Murungu, Wendy Mapfumo, Musakanya Ching'andu, Francesca Viero, Susan Cleary, Lucy Cunnama, Mutsawashe Chitando, Paolo Denti, Roeland Wasmann, Manna Semere Gebreyesus, Jennie van Dyk, Günther Fink, Gillian Levine, Sally Ellis, Kamla Pillay, Louise Hill, Tatiana Munera-Huertas, Jan Goelen, Clare Shakeshaft, Farjana Haque, Hanh Nguyen, Emily Dennis, Tatiana Sarfati, Brendan Murphy, Kolpona Begum, Nishdha Naufal, Hannah Sweeney, Jemima Shickle, Fatima Mohamed, Lee Barker, Marion Hall, Mallory Williams, Charlotte Hartley, Annabelle South, Elizabeth Molyneux, Elizabeth Obimbo, Shamim Qazi, Somwe Wa Somwe, Robin Green, Mainga Hamaluba, Tim Peto, Andrew Prendergast, Haroon Saloojee, Margaret Siwale, Felicity Fitzgerald, Christina Obiero, Anna Turkova
The Lancet, August 2026, Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00879-2
