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Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use is linked to the spread of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, but there are limited systemic data on antibiotic utilization in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of antibiotic prescription...

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Autores principales:	Zhang, Helen L., Bodinayake, Champica, Wijayaratne, Gaya B., Jayatissa, Pasangi, Piyasiri, D. L. Bhagya, Kurukulasooriya, Ruvini, Sheng, Tianchen, Nagahawatte, Ajith, Woods, Christopher, Tillekeratne, L. Gayani
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7818802/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33478430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05804-6

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