Indication for Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Attending Primary Healthcare Services in Rural Burkina Faso

Of 61 355 visits by children <5 years old to 48 government-run primary healthcare facilities in Nouna District, Burkina Faso, 30 975 had an antibiotic prescribed (58% for pneumonia diagnoses). A minority of prescriptions were for diagnoses not requiring antibiotics, including malaria, nonbloody d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sié, Ali, Ouattara, Mamadou, Bountogo, Mamadou, Dah, Clarisse, Compaoré, Guillaume, Boudo, Valentin, Lebas, Elodie, Brogdon, Jessica, Nyatigo, Fanice, Arnold, Benjamin F, Lietman, Thomas M, Oldenburg, Catherine E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8492132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34018004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab471
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Sumario:Of 61 355 visits by children <5 years old to 48 government-run primary healthcare facilities in Nouna District, Burkina Faso, 30 975 had an antibiotic prescribed (58% for pneumonia diagnoses). A minority of prescriptions were for diagnoses not requiring antibiotics, including malaria, nonbloody diarrhea, and cough without pneumonia.

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