The social role of C-reactive protein point-of-care testing to guide antibiotic prescription in Northern Thailand.

ABSTRACT: New and affordable point-of-care testing (POCT) solutions are hoped to guide antibiotic prescription and to help limit antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-especially in low- and middle-income countries where resource constraints often prevent extensive diagnostic testing. Anthropological and sociological research has illuminated the role and impact of rapid point-of-care malaria testing. This paper expands our knowledge about the social implications of non-malarial POCT, using the case study of a C-reactive-protein point-of-care testing (CRP POCT) clinical trial with febrile patients at primary-care-level health centres in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. We investigate the social role of CRP POCT through its interactions with (a) the healthcare workers who use it, (b) the patients whose

SUBMITTER: Haenssgen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910303 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature