Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities.
Timothy P HowarthRaelene BrunetteTanya DaviesRoss M AndrewsBhavini K PatelSteven TongFederica BarziTherese M KearnsPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Prescription rates for Australian Aboriginal children in these communities are significantly higher than that reported nationally for non-Aboriginal Australians. Prescriptions predominantly aligned with treatment guidelines in this setting where there is a high burden of infectious disease.