ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
Burden and Risk Factors of Antimicrobial Use in Children Less Than 5 Years of Age with Diarrheal Illness in Rural Bangladesh.
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- Role of phage therapy in acute gastroenteritis.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025Review
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- Factors contributing to antibiotic misuse among parents of school-going children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Pattern of Antibiotic Use among Hospitalized Patients according to WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) Classification: Findings from a Point Prevalence Survey in Bangladesh.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- RETRACTED: An Overview of Antimicrobial Stewardship Optimization: The Use of Antibiotics in Humans and Animals to Prevent Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Clinical and socio-environmental determinants of multidrug-resistant vibrio cholerae 01 in older children and adults in Bangladesh.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Article
- Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Antimicrobial overuse contributes to antimicrobial resistance. Empiric use of antimicrobials for diarrheal illness is warranted only in a minority of cases, because of its self-limiting nature and multifactorial etiology. This study aims to describe the factors contributing to antimicrobial overuse for diarrheal disease among children less than 5 years of age in rural Bangladesh. A total of 3,570 children less than 5 years of age presenting with diarrhea in a tertiary level hospital were enrolled in the study. The rate of antimicrobial use at home was 1,395 (39%), compared with 2,084 (89%) during a hospital visit. In a multivariate analysis, factors associated with antimicrobial use at home included residence located more than 5 miles from a hospital; use of zinc and oral rehydration salts at home; vomiting; greater than 10 stools per 24 hours; diarrheal duration greater than 3 days; and rotavirus diarrhea (
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