Antibiotic prescribing practices for acute respiratory illness in children less than 24 months of age in Kenema, Sierra Leone: is it time to move beyond algorithm driven decision making?

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Title: Antibiotic prescribing practices for acute respiratory illness in children less than 24 months of age in Kenema, Sierra Leone: is it time to move beyond algorithm driven decision making?
Authors: Moon TD; Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2300, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, USA. tmoon2@tulane.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1600, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, USA. tmoon2@tulane.edu.; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA. tmoon2@tulane.edu., Sumah I; Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, 1 Combema Road, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone., Amorim G; Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1000, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA., Alhasan F; Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, 1 Combema Road, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone., Howard LM; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D-7235 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA., Myers H; Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2300, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, USA.; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA., Green AF; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA., Grant DS; Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, 1 Combema Road, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone.; College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, New England Ville, Freetown, Sierra Leone., Schieffelin JS; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1600, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, USA., Samuels RJ; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.; Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, 1 Combema Road, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone.
Source: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2023 Sep 25; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 626. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 25.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal Info: Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968551 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2334 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712334 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-023-08606-0