Antimicrobial Usage Among Acutely Ill Hospitalized Children Aged 2‒23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding patterns of antimicrobial use is critical to supporting antibiotic stewardship and limiting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We aimed to describe antimicrobial prescribing in acutely ill hospitalized children aged 2-23 months across a range of rural and urban hospital settings in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Methods

The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) cohort collected data daily throughout hospitalization from children with acute illness aged 2-23 months admitted to 9 hospitals from November 2016 to January 2019. We determined proportions of children receiving antimicrobials, inpatient-days receiving antimicrobials, antimicrobial classes, World Health Organization (WHO) Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classifications, and examined

SUBMITTER: Tigoi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448463 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature