Indication for Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Attending Primary Healthcare Services in Rural Burkina Faso.
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34018004.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/ciab471 and PMC identifier 8492132.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Rural Population