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Apparent overuse of antibiotics in the management of watery diarrhoea in children in Abakaliki, Nigeria

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3899-1

Published Online: 2019-03-21

Published Print: 2019-12

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Efunshile, Akinwale M.

Ezeanosike, Obumneme

Nwangwu, Chukwuemeka Chijioke

König, Brigitte

Jokelainen, Pikka

Robertson, Lucy J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-4421
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Article History

Received: 18 September 2018

Accepted: 12 March 2019

First Online: 21 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Approval for the study was provided by the Review and Ethics Committee (REC) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (REC protocol number 07/10/2016–07/10/2016; REC approval number 07/10/2016–07/11/2016; FETHA/REC/VOL1/2016/435). An informed consent form was signed by parents/guardians of the children prior to enrolment in the study; information in the form made clear that participation in the study was voluntary and participants could opt out of the study at any time without prejudice to the quality of treatment received by their children. Questionnaire data were coded to be anonymous such that it is not possible to identify individual patients.

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