Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in 3 low-and middle-income countries: A multicentric community-based cohort …

A Ardillon, L Ramblière, E Kermorvant-Duchemin… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue, particularly in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), where antibiotics required to treat resistant infections are …

Antibiotic stories: a mixed-methods, multi-country analysis of household antibiotic use in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe

J Dixon, EE MacPherson, S Nayiga, S Manyau… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background As concerns about the prevalence of infections that are resistant to available
antibiotics increase, attention has turned toward the use of these medicines both within and …

Two bis-ligand-coordinated Zn (II)-MOFs for luminescent sensing of ions, antibiotics and pesticides in aqueous solutions

ZD Zhou, SQ Li, Y Liu, B Du, YY Shen, BY Yu… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Two organometallic complexes with two and three-dimensional architectures were
constructed by using multiple ligands and Zn (II) ions:[Zn3 (BTC) 2 (DTP) 4 (H2O) 2]·(H2O) 4 …

Antibiotic use for febrile illness among under-5 children in Bangladesh: a nationally representative sample survey

N Samir, MZ Hassan, MAAJ Biswas, F Chowdhury… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fever in children under five years of age is a common and predominantly self-limiting sign of
illness. However, in low-and middle-income countries, antibiotics are frequently used in …

Inappropriate antibiotic access practices at the community level in Eastern Ethiopia

D Edessa, F Asefa Kumsa, G Dinsa, L Oljira - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Access to antibiotic medications is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal
for good health and well-being. However, non-prescribed and informal sources are …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of rotavirus vaccination on the burden of rotavirus disease and associated antibiotic use in India: A dynamic agent-based simulation analysis

A Gleason, CK Kumar, E Klein, R Laxminarayan… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: Rotavirus is a leading cause of diarrhea in infants and young children in many
low-and middle-income countries. India launched a childhood immunization program for …

Prevalence of antibiotic use for childhood diarrhoea in Uganda after an ORS scale-up intervention: a repeated cross-sectional study

V Lundin, F Lam, A Akinjeji, L Kabunga, J Eriksen - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Diarrhoea kills 500,000 children every year despite availability of cheap and
effective treatment. In addition, a large number are inappropriately treated with antibiotics …

The overlooked issue of outpatient combination antibiotic prescribing in low-and middle-income countries: an example from Syria

A Tomas, S Aljadeeah - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to determine and describe the prevalence of combination antibiotics
dispensed in outpatients with health insurance in Syria. Data on all dispensed medicines …

Digital auscultation as a novel childhood pneumonia diagnostic tool for community clinics in Sylhet, Bangladesh: protocol for a cross-sectional study

S Ahmed, DK Mitra, H Nair, S Cunningham, AM Khan… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The WHO's Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) algorithm for
diagnosis of child pneumonia relies on counting respiratory rate and observing respiratory …

Impact analysis of infant antibiotic exposure on the burden of asthma: a simulation modeling study

TY Lee, J Petkau, A Saatchi, F Marra, S Turvey… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background: Infant antibiotic use is associated with increased risk of asthma. We examined
the population impact of antibiotic exposure in the first year of life on the burden of pediatric …