Open AccessIndication for Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Attending Primary Healthcare Services in Rural Burkina Faso
Author(s) -
Ali Sié,
Mamadou Ouattara,
Mamadou Bountogo,
Clarisse Dah,
Guillaume Compaoré,
Valentin Boudo,
Elodie Lebas,
Jessica Brogdon,
Fanice Nyatigo,
Benjamin F. Arnold,
Thomas M. Lietman,
Catherine E. Oldenburg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab471
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , diarrhea , antibiotics , pneumonia , malaria , primary health care , medical diagnosis , pediatrics , family medicine , primary care , health care , government (linguistics) , intensive care medicine , environmental health , nursing , population , pathology , economics , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy
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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