Inappropriate use of antibiotics for childhood diarrhea case management - Kenya, 2009-2016

• Main Authors: Chulwoo Rhee (Author), George Aol (Author), Alice Ouma (Author), Allan Audi (Author), Shadrack Muema (Author), Joshua Auko (Author), Richard Omore (Author), George Odongo (Author), Ryan E. Wiegand (Author), Joel M. Montgomery (Author), Marc-Alain Widdowson (Author), Ciara E. O'Reilly (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Jennifer R. Verani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Antibiotics are essential to treat for many childhood bacterial infections; however inappropriate antibiotic use contributes to antimicrobial resistance. For childhood diarrhea, empiric antibiotic use is recommended for dysentery (bloody diarrhea) for which first-line therapy is...