Prevalence, drivers and surveillance of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use in rural China: Interdisciplinary study.

• Main Authors: H Lambert (Author), X Shen (Author), J Chai (Author), J Cheng (Author), R Feng (Author), M Chen (Author), C Cabral (Author), I Oliver (Author), J Shen (Author), A MacGowan (Author), K Bowker (Author), M Hickman (Author), P Kadetz (Author), L Zhao (Author), Y Pan (Author), R Kwiatkowska (Author), X Hu (Author), D Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to characterise antibiotic prescribing and dispensing patterns in rural health facilities in China and determine the community prevalence of antibiotic resistance. We investigated patterns and drivers of antibiotic use for common respiratory and urinary tract infections (RTI/UTI) in...