Knowledge, attitudes and practice survey about antimicrobial resistance and prescribing among physicians in a hospital setting in Lima, Peru

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  García, Coralith ^a,b   Llamocca, Liz P ^a   García, Krystel ^a   Jiménez, Aimee ^a   Samalvides, Frine ^a,b   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,b   Jacobs, Jan ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial use knowledge; Attitude and practice survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; PERU; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNET; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERU; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 81055131753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-11-18     Document Type: Article

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