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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Antibiotic Use"”.
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Evaluation and management of hospital antibiotic use
… evidence linking increasing antimicrobial use with <br/>increasing resistance. Resistant bacteria do not know the boundaries, either between countries or within a society between hospital and primary care. Inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials in hospitals therefore has consequences …
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Antibiotic use in a level three NICU in South Africa
Background: Antibiotics are the most commonly used medications in the neonatal intensive care unit, and when used appropriately, can be lifesaving in the NICU. However, their inappropriate use has been found to be associated with certain adverse effects like Late Onset Sepsis, Necrotizing …
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Understanding maternal attitudes to antibiotic use : a community-based case study
Background. Antibiotics are vital in treating infections and improving health conditions. However, overuse has led to the rapid development of antimicrobial resistance contributing to about 700,000 deaths globally per year. In United Kingdom primary healthcare settings, antibiotics for young …
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Rationalisation of antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infection in primary health care.
… in the decision to consult and prescribe antibiotics respectively in URTI. Five GPs and twelve patients were interviewed. These were tape-recorded, transcribed and systematically analysed. Stage 2 A questionnaire based on the factors identified in the first stage was used to investigate …
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Antibiotic use and the effect of prescribing guidelines in care of the elderly.
… of the introduction of prescribing guidelines on antibiotic prescribing in elderly, hospitalised patients. Three audits of antibiotic use were carried out, one before (n=324) and two after (n=302 & 263) the introduction of the antibiotic treatment guidelines. Three types of hospital bed were …
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A review of antibiotic use and policy development before and during the Palestinian uprising "Intifada" in the Ramallah district.
… the study were to describe and analyse current antibiotic use in the public and private sectors in the Ramallah District of Palestine before and during the Intifada and to investigate the feasibility of implementing guidelines to promote the safe and effective use of antibiotics. The main …
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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among private sector patients and prescribers in South Africa
Antibiotic resistance (ABR), alternately referred to as antimicrobial resistance, has been labelled as the next big global health crisis. If current levels of ABR continue along the same trajectories, by 2050 ABR will cost the lives of 10 million people a year, ABR cannot be stopped but it can be …
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Bioinformatic Analysis of Wastewater Metagenomes Reveals Microbial Ecological and Evolutionary Phenomena Underlying Associations of Antibiotic Resistance with Antibiotic Use
Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a pervasive crisis that is intricately woven into social and environmental systems. Its escalation is fueled by factors such overuse, poverty, climate change, and the heightened interconnectedness characteristic of our era of globalization. In this dissertation, the …
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Effect of Soil Type, Composting, and Antibiotic Use on Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microbial Community Composition in Dairy and Beef Manure Applied Soils
Manure is a commonly used soil fertilizer, but there are concerns that this practice could affect the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from farm to fork. A microcosm-scale study evaluated the effect of prior antibiotic use (manure-based soil amendments generated from dairy and beef …
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Antibiotikų vartojimo ypatumai 2003 - 2008 m. Lietuvoje /
Antimicrobial resistance is mainly caused by inappropriate and abundant use of antibiotics. To enlighten the most relevant problematic areas in antibiotic use, where the decisions should be made, the different levels were analysed in this study: the self-medication with antibiotics of the …
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Development and validaton of an indicator to compare antibiotic usage in secondary care in England
The use of antibiotics was investigated in twelve acute hospitals in England. Data was collected electronically and by questionnaire for the financial years 2001/2, 2002/3 and 2003/4. Hospitals were selected on the basis of their Medicines Management Self-Assessment Scores (MMAS) and included a …
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Predictors of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria in a Consortium of Academic Medical Center Hospitals
… bacteria within a hospital are a function of antibiotic use, resistant organisms brought into the hospital, infection control efforts, and underlying severity of patient illness. The relative contribution of each to a particular resistance phenotype is unclear. P. aeruginosa is responsible for …
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Assessment of prescribing practices in community pharmacies in Windhoek, Namibia: a focus on antibiotics
Globally, medicine misuse is not something to be taken lightly. Moreover, the accelerated occurrence of antibiotic resistance is related to imprudent antibiotic use, which is extremely concerning. Low- and middle-income countries, like Namibia, are particularly vulnerable to misuse of medicines. …
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REDUCING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE RISKS AND ANTIBIOTIC USAGE IN DAIRY FARMING: MICROBIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS AND ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES
… comprehensive research to address AMR and reduce antibiotic use in food animals, especially in dairy livestock systems. This thesis summarizes four research projects that investigate the impact of AMR in both animals and humans and explore the reduction of antibiotic use in intramammary …
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Antibiotic prescribing practice and adherence to IMCI guidelines among CNPs in children younger than 5 years withrespiratory tract infections at Crossroads clinic, Cape Town,South Africa: retrospective audit
Background. Antibiotic use is especially high among children globally. In South Africa (SA), children under 5 years (U5) are typically prescribed an appreciable number of antibiotics in primary health care (PHC). There have been several published studies on antibiotic prescribing practice among …
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Neurologic And Metabolic Safety Of Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been implicated in cases of central nervous system (CNS), peripheral nervous system (PNS), and metabolic adverse events. In this dissertation, we investigate causal associations between fluoroquinolones and these adverse events. We used administrative health care …
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Impact of virginiamycin on the development of intestinal structure and functional capacity in growing pigs
Antibiotics have been used in animal feed to promote weight gain, improve feed efficiency, and control disease since the 1950s. Concerns about antibiotic resistance have increased since the widespread use of in-feed antibiotics began, but a clear connection between antibiotic use in animals and …
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