Trends in antibiotic usage over the 10-year period in children with severe wasting and/or nutritional edema admitted to Moyo NRU.

<p>Frequencies presented as n(%). Linear and non-linear trends were tested with general additive models. Antibiotic classification as per WHO-Aware framework relating to potential of contributing to antibiotic resistance. WHO AWaRe classification groups antibiotics into ‘Access’ (broad spectrum antibiotics with a lower risk of resistance, e.g., benzathine penicillin, amoxicillin and chloramphenicol) and ‘Watch’ (broad spectrum with higher risk of selection of bacterial resistance, e.g., ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin and meropenem).</p> <p>(PDF)</p>