Number of antibiotic(s) prescribed | Number of children with positive mRDT-PfHRP and bacterial infections and who received antibiotic prescriptions, (N = 20)a | ||||
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Bacterial infections, (n = 20) | CRP results, (n = 20) | ||||
bBSI, (n = 12) | bGE, (n = 08) | Level < 10 mg/L, (n = 1) | 10-40 mg/L, (n = 0) | Level ≥ 40 mg/L, (n = 19) | |
One antibiotic prescribed, (n = 9) | 5 (41.7) | 4 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (47.4) |
Two antibiotics prescribed, (n = 1) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.3) |