Table 4 Drug prescription for patients (n = 418) with positive or negative slides at CHL
From: Complicated malaria and other severe febrile illness in a pediatric ward in Libreville, Gabon
Drugs | Other diagnosis (n = 250) | Clinical diagnosis of malaria (n = 168) | Total (N = 418) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Slide (+)ve (n = 95) | Slide (−)ve (n = 73) | ||
Antimalarial, n (%) | 1 (0.4) | 59 (62.1) | 43 (58.9) | 103 (24.6) |
Antibiotic, n (%) | 188 (75.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 188 (44.9) |
Antibiotic + Antimalarial | 9 (3.6) | 36 (37.9) | 28 (38.4) | 73 (17.5) |
Other, n (%) | 52 (20.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | 52 (20.8) |