Table 3.
Percentage of antimicrobial prescribe | Children tested positive for malaria infection by microscopy and RDT | Children tested negative for malaria infection by microscopy and RDT | Risk ratio of antimicrobial prescription for malaria RDT (95% CI) | p-value | ||
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RDT positive, (n = 798)a | Microscopy positive, (n = 589)b | RDT negative, (n = 300)a | Microscopy negative, (n = 508)b | |||
Antimalarial | 762 (95.48) | 564 (95.75) | 42 (14) | 239 (47.04) | 7.74 (5.69–10.51) | < 0.00001 |
Antibiotic | 578 (72.43) | 394 (66.89) | 278 (92.66) | 462 (90.94) | 3.57 (2.37–5.38) | < 0.00001 |
Antiparasitic | 118 (14.78) | 93 (15.78) | 53 (17.66) | 78 (15.35) | 1.16 (0.90–1.49) | 0.240 |
aRDT was not performed in one child
bMalaria microscopy was not performed in two children