Understanding Antibiotic Use in Minya District, Egypt: Physician and Pharmacist Prescribing and the Factors Influencing Their Practices

Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria globally. In Egypt, patients can purchase antibiotics without a prescription, and we hypothesized frequent inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and dispensing. We interviewed physicians (n = 236) and pharmacists...

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Published in:Antibiotics (Basel)
Main Authors: Dooling, Kathleen L., Kandeel, Amr, Hicks, Lauri A., El-Shoubary, Waleed, Fawzi, Khaled, Kandeel, Yasser, Etman, Ahmad, Lohiniva, Anna Leena, Talaat, Maha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790392/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27025746
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics3020233
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