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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Main Authors: | Kathleen L. Dooling (Author), Amr Kandeel (Author), Lauri A. Hicks (Author), Waleed El-Shoubary (Author), Khaled Fawzi (Author), Yasser Kandeel (Author), Ahmad Etman (Author), Anna Leena Lohiniva (Author), Maha Talaat (Author) |
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2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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