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Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Zimbabwe in the COVID-19 Era: A Perfect Recipe for Antimicrobial Resistance

The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an upsurge in antimicrobial use. The increase in use is multifactorial, and is particularly related to the empirical treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and suspected coinfections with antimicrobials and the limited quality of diagnostics to differentiate viral and b...

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Autores principales:	Chitungo, Itai, Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa, Nyazika, Tinashe K., Herrera, Helena, Musuka, Godfrey, Murewanhema, Grant
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2022
Materias:	Viewpoint
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8868384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203846 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11020244

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