Point-of-care C-reactive protein measurement by community health workers safely reduces antimicrobial use among children with respiratory illness in rural Uganda: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial.
Emily Jane CicconeDi HuJohn S PreisserCaitlin A CassidyLydiah KabughoBaguma EmmanuelGeorget KibabaFred MwebembeziJonathan J JulianoEdgar M MulogoRoss M BoycePublished in: PLoS medicine (2024)
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05294510. The study was reviewed and approved by the University of North Carolina Institutional Review Board (#18-2803), Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Ethics Committee (14/03-19), and Uganda National Council on Science and Technology (HS 2631).