Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Age-related Comparisons of Treatments Given to Hospital Blood Smear Positive and Blood Smear Negative Study Participants

Parameters	< 5 years		5—15 years		≥ 15 years		p-value
Blood smear	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Total N treatments	n = 41	n = 77	n = 116	n = 152	n = 100	n = 450
AL + analgesic	30 (73.2%)	4 (5.2%)	88 (75.9%)	15 (9.9%)	70 (70.0%)	26 (5.8%)	< 0.0001
Antibiotics + analgesic	1 (2.4%)	47 (61.0%)	1 (0.9%)	76 (50.6%)	1 (1.0%)	188 (41.8%)	0.059
AL + antibiotics + analgesic	9 (22.0%)	2 (2.6%)	20 (17.2%)	2 (1.3%)	18 (18.0%)	16 (3.6%)	0.356
Analgesic only	1 (2.4%)*	24 (31.2%)	7 (6.0%)*	59 (38.8%)	11 (11.0%)*	220 (48.9%)	< 0.0001

Antibiotics: Amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, metronidazole, clotrimazole, * referred to buy antimalarial in the local chemist due to stock-out in the hospital

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