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Table 2 Presentation of the symptoms/illness that the exit customers reported linked to antibiotic sales.

From: "Practical knowledge" and perceptions of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among drugsellers in Tanzanian private drugstores

Symptoms/Illness

Number of customers with the reported symptoms/illness

Percentage that received antibiotics

Percentage of the antibiotics bought on prescription

 

n (%)

  

All

350 (100)

24

 

32

Malaria

95* (27)

3k

-

100

Coughδ

53 (15)

57

+

40

Stomachacheε

51 (15)

51

+

15

Headacheβ

38 (11)

0

-

 

Feverφ

22 (6)

14

n.s.

0

Genital complaints

14 (4)

50

+

29

Diarrhea

10 (3)

90

+

10

  1. (-) significantly under-represented among the customers that received antibiotics. (Fever not significant) (+) significantly over-represented. (p < 0.05)
  2. *92 (97%) of customers with malaria received antimalarials, of these, 40% had a prescription
  3. κIn addition to malaria, one of these customers also had UTI and the others had fever, headache and coughing. All received both antimalarials and antibiotics.
  4. δ11% with cough also had fever (10% of those with cough who received antibiotics had fever)
  5. ε14% with stomachache also had diarrhea (27% of those who received antibiotics), 4% had fever
  6. β No malaria or fever
  7. φNot reported to be malaria