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Assessment of blood cultures and antibiotic susceptibility testing for bacterial sepsis diagnosis and utilization of results by clinicians in Benin: A qualitative study

OBJECTIVES: We assessed the current status of blood culture and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) practices in clinical laboratories in Benin, and how the laboratory results are used by physicians to prescribe antibiotics. METHODS: The qualitative study covered twenty-five clinical laboratorie...

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Autores principales: Legba, Brice Boris, Dougnon, Victorien, Koudokpon, Hornel, Mero, Sointu, Elovainio, Riku, Parry, Matti, Bankole, Honoré, Haukka, Kaisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36726632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1088590