Table 3 Distribution of pre-hospital antibiotics used for severe febrile illness by WHO AWaRe classification and by referral status from March 23, 2016 to June 30, 2017 at the district hospital of Nanoro, Burkina Faso (424 antibiotics used by 363 patients reporting antibiotic use)
From: Use of WATCH antibiotics prior to presentation to the hospital in rural Burkina Faso
Antibiotics reported | Number of antibiotics | WHO AWaRe classification | Referral status* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Referrals | Self-referred | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 3 | Access | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ampicillin or amoxicillin | 137 | Access | 95 | 34.3 | 42 | 28.8 |
Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid | 10 | Access | 1 | 0.4 | 9 | 6.2 |
Cefadroxil | 2 | Access | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.7 |
Trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole | 45 | Access | 18 | 6.5 | 27 | 18.5 |
Metronidazole | 45 | Access | 21 | 7.6 | 24 | 16.4 |
Gentamicin | 21 | Access | 21 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Thiamphenicol | 2 | Access | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 |
Total Access antibiotics | 265 | 160 | 57.8 | 105 | 71.9 | |
Ceftriaxone | 114 | Watch | 100 | 36.1 | 13 | 8.9 |
Ciprofloxacin | 32 | Watch | 12 | 4.3 | 20 | 13.7 |
Erythromycin | 12 | Watch | 5 | 1.8 | 7 | 4.8 |
Cefixime | 1 | Watch | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |
Total Watch antibiotics | 159 | 117 | 42.2 | 41 | 28.1 | |
Total number of antibiotics | 424 | 277 | 100 | 146 | 100 | |