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Better Malaria Diagnostic Test May Cause Unintended Increase In Antibiotic Use, Study Says
Though the implementation of rapid malaria tests has reduced the administration of unnecessary antimalarial medications in the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam, "antibiotic prescriptions for fever rose by nearly a quarter, from 49 to 72 percent, raising fears that the behaviour will contribute to growing antibiotic resistance," according to a study published in Malaria Journal last month, SciDev.Net reports.
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