Volume 6, Number 2, January 2014 (Special Issue on Rational Use of Antibiotics)

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Evaluation of rational use of antimicrobial agents in a Brazilian intensive care unit

Fabiana Xavier Cartaxo Salgado, Tarquino Erastides Gavilanes Sanchez, Noriberto Barbosa da Silva, Hildeamo Bonifácio Oliveira, Mauro Karnikowski, Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62028  2,592 Downloads  3,841 Views   Citations

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Effects of intervention measures on irrational antibiotics/antibacterial drug use in developing countries: A systematic review

Godfrey S. Bbosa, Geoff Wong, David B. Kyegombe, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62027  4,237 Downloads  6,908 Views   Citations

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Antibiotics prescribed to febrile under-five children outpatients in urban public health services in Burkina Faso

Léon G. Blaise Savadogo, Bernard Ilboudo, Maurice Kinda, Nacro Boubacar, Philippe Hennart, Michèle Dramaix, Philippe Donnen

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62026  3,593 Downloads  4,689 Views   Citations

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Misuse of prophylactic antibiotics and prevalence of postoperative wound infection in obstetrics and gynecology department in a Sudanese hospital

Abubaker Ibrahim Elbur, M. A. Yousif, Ahmed S. A. El Sayed, Manar E. Abdel-Rahman

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62025  3,858 Downloads  5,440 Views   Citations

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of strains of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from bloodstream infections using current CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints

Giovanna Blandino, Silvana Mastrojeni, Rosanna Inturri, Agata Sciacca, Giuseppe Nicoletti

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62024  4,353 Downloads  6,992 Views   Citations

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Rapid detection of antimicrobial residues in poultry: A consequence of non-prudent use of antimicrobials

Ekene Vivienne Ezenduka, Oboegbulem Steve Ike, Nwanta John Anaelom

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62023  4,240 Downloads  5,899 Views   Citations

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Antibiotics and near-patient testing: Differences in habits between physicians completing or discontinuing a medical audit

Katarina Hedin, Annika Brorsson, Sigvard Mölstad, Eva Lena Strandberg

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2014.62022  3,097 Downloads  4,344 Views   Citations

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