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Interventions to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in LMICs: A Scoping Review of Evidence from Human and Animal Health Systems

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2018
This review identifies evidence on supply-side interventions to change the practices of antibiotic prescribers and gatekeepers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Annie Wilkinson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Use in Pneumonia Patients at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Pneumonia is one of the causes of morbidity and mortality in children and adults worldwide. WHO report in 1999 stated that the main cause of death due to infectious disease is pneumonia.
Yulia, Rika   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Rational antibiotic use

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009
Background: Development of resistance to antimicrobial agents and increase of cost as the result of unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics has become a global health problem.
Ozlem Tunger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economics of Informed Antibiotic Management and Judicious Use Policies in Animal Agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Antibiotic effectiveness can be viewed as a biological commons since current use may decrease future effectiveness. The value of the biological commons declines when the targeted bacteria develop antibiotic resistance.
Jia, Yanan   +2 more
core  

A Scoping Review of Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance in Beef Cow–Calf Herds in the United States and Canada

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2023
Background: The magnitude and knowledge gaps regarding antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have not been summarized for the North American cow–calf production sector, although estimates of AMU and AMR are essential to AMR risk ...
Barbara Wilhelm   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of effective hospital-based antibiotic stewardship program. The role of infectious disease specialist [PDF]

open access: yesEpistīmonika Chronika, 2017
Excessive antibiotic consumption and misuse is one of the main factors responsible for the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and has been associated with increased health care costs.
Georgios Chrysos
doaj  

How Are We Educating Future Physicians and Pharmacists in Pakistan? A Survey of the Medical and Pharmacy Student’s Perception on Learning and Preparedness to Assume Future Roles in Antibiotic Use and Resistance

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2021
Background: Medical and pharmacy students are future healthcare professionals who will be on the forefront in dealing with antibiotics in hospitals or community settings. Whether the current medical and pharmacy education in Pakistan prepares students to
Naeem Mubarak   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibiotic resistance in the environment, with particular reference to MRSA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The introduction of β-lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins) in the 1940s and 1950s probably represents the most dramatic event in the battle against infection in human medicine.
William Gaze   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Approaching zero : temporal effects of a restrictive antibiotic policy on hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing coliforms and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A restrictive antibiotic policy banning routine use of ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin was implemented in a 450-bed district general hospital following an educational campaign.
Kirkpatrick, P.   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

Antibiotic Use in Broiler Poultry Farms in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal: Which Antibiotics and Why?

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Inappropriate antibiotic use in food-producing animals is associated with the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. In industrial broiler poultry farms in three districts of Kathmandu valley, Nepal, we assessed antibiotic use prevalence, and ...
Ananta Koirala   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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