Antibiotic prescribing practices for patients with fever in the transition from presumptive treatment of malaria to 'confirm and treat' in Zambia: A cross-sectional study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1696-1706

  Ndhlovu, Micky ^a   Nkhama, Emmy ^a   Miller, John M ^b   Hamer, Davidson H ^c,d,e  

^a Chainama College of Health Sciences   (Zambia)

^b National Malaria Control Centre   (Zambia)

^c Zambia Center for Applied Health Research and Development   (Zambia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Fever; Malaria; Prescribing; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABNORMALITY; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; MALARIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SKIN DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOROVIRUS; NURSE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; ROTAVIRUS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ZAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84955184054     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12591     Document Type: Article

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