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Every medicine is medicine; exploring inappropriate antibiotic use at the community level in rural Ghana

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use is an important driver of antibiotic resistance. This study sought to explore inappropriate antibiotic use and confusing antibiotics with other medicines in Ghana using ethnomethodology research approach. METHODS: This was an explorative study involving 15 in...

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Autores principales:	Afari-Asiedu, Samuel, Hulscher, Marlies, Abdulai, Martha Ali, Boamah-Kaali, Ellen, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Wertheim, Heiman F. L.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359511/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09204-4

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