Number of. antimicrobial(s) prescribed | General antibiotic prescriptions in febrile children, (N = 269) | |||||||
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mRDT-PfHRP 2, (N = 396) | Bacterial infections, (N = 49) | CRP results, (N = 396) | ||||||
Positive (n = 272), n (%) | Negative (n = 124), n (%) | bBSIs (n = 23), n (%) | bGEs (n = 25), n (%) | bUTIs, (n = 1), n (%) | Level < 10 mg/L (n = 62), n (%) | 10-40 mg/L (n = 65), n (%) | Level ≥ 40 mg/L (n = 269), n (%) | |
No antimalarial prescribed, (N = 85) | 7 (2.6) | 78 (62.9) | 8 (34.8) | 6 (24.0) | 1 (100.0) | 29 (46.8) | 19 (29.2) | 37 (13.8) |
Antimalarial prescribed, (N = 311) | 265 (97.4) | 46 (37.1) | 15 (65.2) | 19 (76.0) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (53.2) | 46 (70.8) | 232 (86.2) |
No antibiotic prescribed, (n = 128) | 115 (42.3) | 13 (10.5) | 7 (30.4) | 11 (44.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (21.0) | 15 (23.1) | 100 (37.2) |
Antibiotic prescribed, (N = 268) | ||||||||
One antibiotic prescribed, (n = 235) | 147 (54.0) | 88 (71.0) | 13 (56.5) | 12 (48.0) | 0 (0.0) | 44 (71.0) | 41 (63.1) | 150 (55.8) |
Two antibiotics prescribed (n = 32) | 10 (3.7) | 22 (17.7) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1 (100.0) | 5 (8.1) | 9 (13.8) | 18 (6.7) |
Three antibiotics prescribed (n = 1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) |