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Apparent overuse of antibiotics in the management of watery diarrhoea in children in Abakaliki, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea remains an important cause of childhood mortality in Nigeria, with Rotavirus and Cryptosporidium reported to have the highest contribution. However, high use of antibiotics for treatment of paediatric diarrhoea has been observed, although World Health Organization guidelines di...

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Autores principales:	Efunshile, Akinwale M., Ezeanosike, Obumneme, Nwangwu, Chukwuemeka Chijioke, König, Brigitte, Jokelainen, Pikka, Robertson, Lucy J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429783/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30898105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3899-1

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