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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
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Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Use in Pneumonia Patients at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital [PDF]
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
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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
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Economics of Informed Antibiotic Management and Judicious Use Policies in Animal Agriculture [PDF]
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
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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
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Development of effective hospital-based antibiotic stewardship program. The role of infectious disease specialist [PDF]
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
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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
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Antibiotic resistance in the environment, with particular reference to MRSA [PDF]
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
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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]
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
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Antibiotic Use in Broiler Poultry Farms in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal: Which Antibiotics and Why?
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
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