Marked reduction in antibiotic usage following intensive malaria control in a cohort of Ugandan children.
Paul J KrezanoskiMichelle E RohJohn RekJoaniter I NankabirwaEmmanuel ArinaitweSarah G StaedkeSusan NayigaMichelle S HsiangDavid SmithMoses KamyaGrant DorseyPublished in: BMC medicine (2021)
In a historically high transmission setting, the implementation of highly effective vector control interventions was followed by a marked reduction in antibiotic treatment of children. This added benefit of malaria control could have important implications for antibiotic prescribing practices, efforts to curtail antimicrobial resistance, and health system costs.