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Antimicrobial prescription at the time of discharge from a tertiary-care hospital in India: A potential target for reducing use at the community level

We evaluated the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions at discharge from a tertiary-care hospital in India. Of the 790 adult patients included, 84.4% received antibiotics. Microbiological specimens were taken from 67.3% of these patients, and pathogens were identified in 28.8% of cases. Overus...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Stuti, Gunjiyal, Jacinta, Varma, Sharin, Malhotra, Rajesh, Shrivastav, Sharad, Parveen, Rasna, Mathur, Purva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36712474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.308