ArticleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2021
Overuse of antibiotics in maternity and neonatal wards, a descriptive report from public hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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- Antibiotic use at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Zone d'Abomey Calavi/Sô-Ava (CHUZ/AS) in Benin: a point prevalence survey.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Prescribing Among Public Health Facilities in Central Uganda: Findings from Point Prevalence Survey.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Knowledge, awareness and practices of healthcare workers regarding antimicrobial use, resistance and stewardship in Zambia: a multi-facility cross-sectional study.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Impact of Genital Infections and Antibiotic Use on Incidence of Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Observational Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antibiotic use at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: findings from a point prevalence survey.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Article
- Incidence, Clinical Features, and Association with Prognosis of Bloodstream Infection in Pediatric Patients After Percutaneous or Surgical Treatment for Ventricular Septal Defect or Atrial Septal Defect: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2022Article
- Prenatal Maternal Antibiotics Treatment Alters the Gut Microbiota and Immune Function of Post-Weaned Prepubescent Offspring.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOveruse of antibiotics is a major challenge and undermines measures to control drug resistance worldwide. Postnatal women and newborns are at risk of infections and are often prescribed prophylactic antibiotics although there is no evidence to support their universal use in either group.
methodsWe performed point prevalence surveys in three hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 2018 to collect descriptive data on antibiotic use and infections, in maternity and neonatal wards.
resultsPrescribing of antibiotics was high in all three hospitals ranging from 90% (43/48) to 100% (34/34) in women after cesarean section, from 1.4% (1/73) to 63% (30/48) in women after vaginal delivery, and from 89% (76/85) to 100% (77/77) in neonates. The most common reason for prescribing antibiotics was medical prophylaxis in both maternity and neonatal wards.
conclusionsWe observed substantial overuse of antibiotics in postnatal women and newborns. This calls for urgent antibiotic stewardship programs in Tanzanian hospitals to curb this inappropriate use and limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
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