Providing Impetus, Tools, and Guidance to Strengthen National Capacity for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Viet Nam

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wertheim, Heiman F L ^a,b   Chandna, Arjun ^a   Vu, Phu Dinh ^c   Van Pham, Ca ^c   Nguyen, Phong Dai Thi ^c   Lam, Yen Minh ^d   Van Nguyen, Chau Vinh ^b,d   Larsson, Mattias ^a   Rydell, Ulf ^e   Nilsson, Lennart E ^e   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,b   Van Nguyen, Kinh ^b,c   Hanberger, Håkan ^e,f  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network ^*  (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Östergöland   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONCEPTION; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIET NAM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

EID: 84878304254     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001429     Document Type: Article

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