Antibiotic use prior to attending a large diarrheal disease hospital among preschool children suffering from bloody or non-bloody diarrhea: A cross-sectional study conducted in Bangladesh
The study underscores the excessive use of antimicrobials among children with diarrheal illnesses. It is also evident that metronidazole use and multiple antibiotic use are increasing among children due to bloody diarrhea, which is alarming and calls for antibiotic stewardship by regulating bodies in the country.
Authors
- Rukaeya Amin
- Md Mushfiqur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-2015)
- Samuel L.M. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8290-2347)
- Patricia B. Pavlinac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0051-9131)
- Syed Khairul Bashar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0180-1980)
- Sharika Nuzhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-9960)
- Md Ridwan Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4481-7699)
- Tahmeed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-7439)
- Mohammod Jobayer Chisti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-3071)
- Amy Newlands
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Seattle University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314325
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.30
Funders
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh