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Broad-spectrum and Watch antimicrobials are commonly used to treat hospital-acquired infections in German acute care hospitals: results from the 2022 national point prevalence survey. [PDF]

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Aghdassi SJS, Saydan S, Pfäfflin F, Stegemann MS, Theloe A, Behnke M, Peña Diaz LA, Gropmann A, Geffers C, Piening B, Hansen S.   +10 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Abdominal obesity and the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: To assess the association of indicators of general and abdominal obesity with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and intermediate hyperglycaemia (IHG) in the Chinese population.
Feskens, E.J.M., Fu, P., He, Y., Ma, G., Veer, P., van 't, Yang, X., Zhai, F., Zhang, J.   +7 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Healthcare-Associated Infections among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: Point Prevalence Survey in Thailand 2021 [PDF]

Children
Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a grave threat to patient safety, morbidity, and mortality, contributing to antimicrobial resistance.
Visal Moolasart, Chaisiri Srijareonvijit, Lantharita Charoenpong, Winnada Kongdejsakda, Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt, Anond Kulthanmanusorn, Varaporn Thienthong, Sang Usayaporn, Wanwisa Kaewkhankhaeng, Oranat Rueangna, Jiratchaya Sophonphan, Weerawat Manosuthi, Viroj Tangcharoensathien   +12 more
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A Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use at Geita Regional Referral Hospital in North-Western Tanzania

Pharmacy, 2023
We conducted a point prevalence survey (PPS) to determine the prevalence of antibiotic use at Geita Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH) located along the shores of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania.
Lutugera Kihwili, Vitus Silago, Emiliana N. Francis, Vicent A. Idahya, Zabron C. Saguda, Siana Mapunjo, Martha F. Mushi, Stephen E. Mshana   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibiotic point prevalence survey and antimicrobial resistance in hospitalized patients across Peruvian reference hospitals

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
Background: Peru reports higher levels than other countries in Latin America of resistance to antimicrobials among Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, however data on antibiotic use in Peru are scarce. This study aims to estimate the prevalence and
Claudia Rondon, Coralith Garcia, Fiorella Krapp, Isela Machaca, Marco Olivera, Victor Fernández, Miguel Villegas, Pierina Vilcapoma, Martin Casapia, Fátima Concha-Velasco, Juan C. Díaz, Favio Sarmiento, Rosa Guillermo, Andrea Farnham, Sarah T. Sutter, Esther Kuenzli   +15 more
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Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in Selected Tertiary Care Hospitals of Pakistan Using WHO Methodology: Results and Inferences

Medicina, 2023
Background and objectives: The inappropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals can potentially lead to the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, increased mortality, and high economic burden.
Saadia Ambreen, N. Safdar, A. Ikram, M. Baig, Ayesha Farooq, A. Amir, A. Saeed, F. Sabih, Qadeer Ahsan, Alia Zafar, P. Mahipala, Z. Saleem, M. Salman   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Prescribing Patterns in Patients with COVID-19 in Russian Multi-Field Hospitals in 2021: Results of the Global-PPS Project

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health challenge with understudied effects on antimicrobial usage. We aimed to analyze antimicrobial prescribing patterns in COVID-19 patients in Russian multi-field hospitals by means of the Global-PPS Project ...
Sergey Avdeev, Svetlana Rachina, Yuliya Belkova, Roman Kozlov, Ann Versporten, Ines Pauwels, Herman Goossens, Elena Bochanova, Elena Elokhina, Ulyana Portnjagina, Olga Reshetko, Igor Sychev, Darya Strelkova, On behalf of Russian Global-PPS Project Study Group   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use among hospitalized patients across 41 hospitals in Thailand

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2023
Objectives To describe the antibiotic use among hospitalized patients in Thailand. Methods A standardized cross-sectional point prevalence survey (PPS) modified from the WHO PPS protocol was conducted in 41 selected hospitals in Thailand.
Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt, L. Charoenpong, A. Kulthanmanusorn, Varaporn Thienthong, Sang Usayaporn, Wanwisa Kaewkhankhaeng, Oranat Rueangna, J. Sophonphan, Visal Moolasart, W. Manosuthi, V. Tangcharoensathien   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antibiotic use at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: findings from a point prevalence survey

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023
Background In Tanzania, data on antibiotic use at the patient level is scarce, and intervention measures to optimize antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance are rarely performed.
Denis Katyali, Godfrey Kawau, Bjørn Blomberg, J. Manyahi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021
Objectives The WHO Access, Watch and Reserve (AWaRe) classification has been developed to support countries and hospitals in promoting rational use of antibiotics while improving access to these essential medicines.
I. Pauwels, A. Versporten, N. Drapier, E. Vlieghe, H. Goossens, A. Koraqi, Iris Hoxha, S. Tafaj, W. Cornistein, R. Quirós, M. Hojman, L. Ghazaryan, Kylie Horne, Kelly A. Cairns, Fiona Doukas, T. Gottlieb, E. Sermijn, K. Verhamme, Christian Brands, B. V. van Herendael, L. Filippin, W. Vandewal, D. Konopnicki, E. Maillart, Liliana Teixeira Lopes, P. Papin, Ilse Smits, H. Jansens, Sofie Bartholomeus, A. van den Abeele, S. Steyaert, Anne-Sophie Piette, F. Buyle, R. Cartuyvels, S. Jonckheere, I. Wybo, L. Vanneste, Delphine Mathieu, E. Firre, Veerle Westelinck, P. Gadisseux, T. Dugernier, Kristof Bafort, Viviane Gonissen, Vanessa Vanderper, P. Gabriels, F. Weekers, P. Michel, A. Van Liedekerke, M. Costers, B. Catry, A. Dedeić-Ljubović, A. Gales, Ana Paula Matos Porto, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, E. Keuleyan, Apollinaire Beidi, Youssouph Cissohko, Habsatou Blakwe, Ngassa Batchaya Basile, G. German, S. Lutes, Jennifer N. Boswell, D. Mertz, Tuyen Nguyen, Timothy D. MacLaggan, D. Landry, A. Ang, Daniel J. G. Thirion, C. Frenette, Yannick Émond, Jacqueline Roberts, Sandra Chang, J. Kosar, L. Valiquette, Ginette Dutrisac, Kevin Afra, A. McGeer, Marie Carrier, Jennifer Grant, J. Labarca, Camila Carvajal, Hongyi Lin, Qiang Wang, Jing Yang, Wenjun Yang, J. Cortés, Juan M. Villalobos-Vindas, Carlos Ramírez-Valverde, J. Horvatić, Irina Pristaš, N. Paphitou, M. Rummukainen, A. Froissart, P. Vanhems, K. Pagava, I. Korinteli, T. Brandt, Johannes Gaertner, Anthony Enimil, E. Roilides, E. Hajdú, S. Sengupta, Sanjeev Singh, Priyanka Patil, A. Poojary, Jafar Soltani, G. Pouladfar, Z. Jafarpour, C. Alinia, H. Ameen, David Fitzgerald, M. Paul, Y. Maor, J. Strahilevitz, M. Chowers, E. Temkin, A. Luca, Noriomi Ishibashi, Yoshiaki Gu, Feras Darwish Elhajji, Aizhan Karabukayeva, D. Raka, Baktygul Kambaralieva, L. Zarakauska, P. Zarb, Blanca Estela Hernandez Chena, E. González-Díaz, JuanCarlos Corona-Meléndez, Darwin Stalin Torres Erazo, S. Loza-Jalil, J. Molina, J. A. Candelas, G. Mijović, N. Duborija-Kovačević, E. Jong, J. Kluytmans, E. V. van Elzakker, V. Schweitzer, Nicola Davies, K. Iregbu, Philip Nwajiobi-Princewill, I. Nwafia, T. Fasuyi, A. Aboderin, C. Elikwu, A. Fadeyi, O. Ola-bello, O. Oduyebo, A. N. Adedosu, A. Ekuma, Erjona Shaqiri, Z. Saleem, M. R. A. De los Reyes, Luís Tavares, Nam Joong Kim, Svetlana Rachina, Alwaleed R Alharthi, M. Enani, Osama Faried, M. Mirghani, B. Carevic, Lili Radulovic, G. Dragovac, Sock Hoon Tan, J. Taljaard, V. Chibabhai, Jennifer L. Joiner, J. Castón, María Núñez-Núñez, F. Martínez-Marcos, G. Ojeda-Burgos, M. D. Menéndez, P. Retamar, J. Corzo, P. Rattanaumpawan, M. Salou, B. Mnif, Ahsen Oncul, P. A. Babigumira, James Olweny, E. Marshall, Ann H. McCorry, M. Aldeyab, P. Khanna, C. Gormley, Sarah Maloney, Mandelin Cooper, Laura Blackburn, Mallory Gessner-Wharton, Lam Vu, N. Greer, G. Gawrys, Lisha Kronmann, Edgar Rios, M. Hudson, D. Lindholm   +196 more
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