A retrospective analysis of paediatric inpatient data on antibiotic use in a teaching hospital in The Gambia
Chaw, P.; Schlinkmann, K.; Raupach-Rosin, H.; Karch, A.; Huebner, J.; Mikolajczyk, R. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Antibiotics are important in treating bacterial infections but resistance is a major problem and less well documented in developing countries. The aim of the study was to analyse antibiotic use in hospitalized children with respect to patients' diagnoses and microbiological testing. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of paediatric inpatient data at The Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, The Gambia. We used an access database to extract data from the admission folders of all patients (aged > 28 days to ≤15 years) admitted in 2015 (January-December), who received at least one…
