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Table 5 Antibiotic and antiparasitic prescriptions at the referral hospital and health facilities according to laboratory findings

From: The effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests results on antimicrobial prescription practices of health care workers in Burkina Faso

 

bBSI (n = 65)

n/N (%)

bGII (n = 65)

n/N (%)

pGII (n = 215)

n/N (%)

vGII (n = 29)

n/N (%)

UTI (n = 11)

n/N (%)

CBPN (n = 153)

n/N (%)

No infectiona (n = 269)

n/N (%)

Referral hospital

40/65 (61.54%)

14/65 (21.54)

40/215 (18.60)

6/29 (20.69)

3/11 (27.27)

41/153 (26.80)

86/269 (31.97)

 Antimalarial

31/40 (77.5)

8/14 (57.14)

29/40 (72.5)

3/6 (50)

3/3 (100)

21/41 (51.21)

30/86 (34.88)

 Antibiotic

30/40 (75)

9/14 (64.28)

29/40 (72.5)

6/6 (100)

3/3 (100)

33/41 (80.48)

74/86 (86.04)

 Antiparasitic

0/40 (0)

0/14 (0)

1/40 (2.50)

1/6 (16.67)

0/3 (0)

1/41 (2.43)

2/86 (2.32)

Health facilities

25/65 (38.46)

51/56 (78.46)

175/215 (81.40)

23/29 (79.31)

8/11 (72.73)

112/153 (73.20)

183/269 (68.02)

 Antimalarial

16/25 (64)

39/51 (76.47)

129/175 (73.71)

13/23 (56.52)

7/8 (87.5)

85/112 (75.89)

86/183 (46.99)

 Antibiotic

25/25 (100)

41/51 (80.39)

141/175 (80.57)

20/23 (86.95)

8/8 (100)

97/112 (86.60)

172/183 (93.98)

 Antiparasitic

5/25 (20.00)

16/51 (31.37)

30/175 (17.14)

4/23 (17.39)

1/8 (12.5)

20/112 (17.85)

47/183 (25.68)

  1. bBSI bacterial bloodstream infection, bGII bacterial gastro-intestinal infection, vGII viral gastro-intestinal infection, UTI urinary tract infection, CBPN common bacteria pathogens of nasopharynx
  2. aIncluding malaria infection