Antibiotic use in infants in the 6 weeks after delivery in seven low- and middle-income countries: findings from the A-PLUS trial
Across the Global Network sites, which represent a range of LMIC, nearly 8% of infants received non-study antibiotics more often for prophylaxis, with 13% of infants receiving non-study antibiotics following hospital discharge. With concerns about increasing antimicrobial resistance worldwide, further attention should be given to appropriate antibiotic use.
Authors
- Marion Koso‐Thomas
- Sarah Saleem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-8631)
- Janet Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1750-8794)
- Nancy F. Krebs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-7547)
- Lester Figueroa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-0361)
- Manjushree Waikar
- Antoinette Tshefu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-6901)
- Waldemar A. Carlo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0382-9976)
- Saba Tanveer
- Jennifer Hemingway‐Foday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-5306)
- Paul Nyongesa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2896-4720)
- Sk Masum Billah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8690-6932)
- Patricia L. Hibberd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-8117)
- Richard J. Derman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1148-1594)
- Fabian Esamai
- Archana Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2558-7421)
- William A. Petri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7268-1218)
- Elizabeth M. McClure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-5444)
- Melissa Bauserman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4992-9895)
- Haleema Yasmin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-7324)
- Poonam Shivkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4699-4296)
- Sherri Bucher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3236-6421)
- Avinash Kavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2176-4697)
- Rashidul Haque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5100-136X)
- Shivaprasad S. Goudar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-7053)
- Anum Rahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4593-600X)
- Adrien Lokangaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-5877)
- Robert L. Goldenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-8340)
- Alan Tita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-9056)
- Manolo Mazariegos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7485-6413)
- Shiyam Sunder Tikmani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0523-205X)
- Elwyn Chomba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-9951)
- Iram Shakeel
- Musaku Mwenechanya
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (PK)
- Moi University (KE)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- RTI International (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- University Teaching Hospital (ZM)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- Lata Medical Research Foundation (IN)
- KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (IN)
- Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN)
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (GT)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Paediatrics and International Child Health
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20469047.2024.2414472
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development