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Daniel Valia, Brecht Ingelbeen, Guétawendé Job Wilfried Nassa, Bérenger Kaboré, François Kiemdé, Toussaint Rouamba, Adélaïde Compaoré, Juste Stéphane Kouanda, Annie Robert, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Marianne A B Van Der Sande, Halidou Tinto Antibiotic use by clinical presentation across all healthcare providers in rural Burkina Faso: a healthcare visit exit survey Journal Article In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, vol. 79, iss. 10, 2024, ISSN: 1460-2091. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Adolescent, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use, Antimicrobial Stewardship* / statistics & numerical data, Brecht Ingelbeen, Burkina Faso, Daniel Valia, doi:10.1093/jac/dkae252, Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data, Female, Halidou Tinto, Health Personnel* / statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, MEDLINE, Middle Aged, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, NCBI, NIH, NLM, PMC11441991, pmid:39051704, PubMed Abstract, Rural Population* / statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult | Links: @article{Valia2024, DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkae252; Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 00, 0, 2024-07-25.; Abstract: Background: To guide antibiotic stewardship interventions, understanding for what indications antibiotics are used is essential. Methods: In rural Burkina Faso, we measured antibiotic dispensing across all healthcare providers. From October 2021 to February 2022, we surveyed patients in Nanoro district, Burkina Faso, following visits to health centres (3), pharmacies (2), informal medicine vendors (5) and inpatients in health centres. We estimated prevalence of antibiotic use and the proportion of Watch group antibiotics by provider type and by clinical presentation, assessing compliance with WHO’s AWaRe Antibiotic Book. We estimated per capita antibiotic use by multiplying prevalence of antibiotic use, mean DDD per adult treatment course, and the rate of healthcare visits per 1000 inhabitants per day, estimated from a prior household survey. Results: Outpatient antibiotic use was more fre |
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