Dispensing of antibiotics for tuberculosis patients using standardized patient approach at community pharmacies: results from a cross-sectional study in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Ali Hassan Gillani (Author), Hafsa Arshad (Author), Hasan Mujtaba (Author), Muhammad Farooq Umer (Author), Sen Xu (Author), Wenjing Ji (Author), Kamran Bashir (Author), Jie Chang (Author), Caijun Yang (Author), Yu Fang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPakistan is among top countries for antibiotic consumption around the globe and patients often receive antibiotics directly from community pharmacies. Thus, our aim was to assess the drug dispensing practices of pharmacies for presumed and confirmed tuberculosis by using standardized patie...