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Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence survey

BACKGROUND: The global rise and spread of antibiotic resistance is limiting the usefulness of antibiotics in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The use of antibiotic stewardship programs guided by local data on prescribing practices is a useful strategy to control and reduce antibi...

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Autores principales:	Labi, Appiah-Korang, Obeng-Nkrumah, Noah, Nartey, Edmund Tetteh, Bjerrum, Stephanie, Adu-Aryee, Nii Armah, Ofori-Adjei, Yaw Adjei, Yawson, Alfred E., Newman, Mercy J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0299-z

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