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Table 4 Antimicrobial prescriptions done by health workers for the febrile children

From: Could combined rapid diagnostic testing for malaria and c-reactive protein be helpful for the diagnosis and management of febrile illnesses in children under-5 years of age in rural Burkina Faso?

Number of. antimicrobial(s) prescribed

General antibiotic prescriptions in febrile children, (N = 269)

 

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)

  1. CRP: C-reactive protein; mRDT-PfHRP2: malaria rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum-specific histidine-rich protein 2; bBSI: bacterial bloodstream infection; bGE: bacterial gastroenteritis; bUTI: bacterial urinary tract infection; pGE: parasitic gastroenteritis; vGE: viral gastroenteritis