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Antibiotic Use in Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Health Facilities in Sierra Leone in 2020–2021: Practice Does Not Follow Policy

Inappropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to increase the burden of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, we report on the prevalence of antibiotic use and its associated factors among suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to 35 health facilities...

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Autores principales:	Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn, Kumar, Ajay M. V., Maruta, Anna, Fofanah, Bobson Derrick, Njuguna, Charles Kuria, Shongwe, Steven, Moses, Francis, Tengbe, Sia Morenike, Kanu, Joseph Sam, Lakoh, Sulaiman, Mansaray, Alie H. D., Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi, Khogali, Mohammed, Zachariah, Rony
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2022
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8998021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074005

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