Patterns of Antibiotic Use among Children in an Urban Brazilian Slum
1991
We prospectively studied antibiotic use among a cohort of 105 children less than five years of age in a poor area of the northeastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza. During a 16-week period, 65 children took 137 courses of antibiotics. Physicians recommended 54% of these, mothers or their associates 39%, and pharmacy workers 7%. Mothers and pharmacy workers recommended drugs for shorter courses than physicians, and were more likely to recommend drugs inappropriate for children. Duration of illness was not a risk factor for antibiotic use, but both poor nutritional status and poor socioeconomic status were
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