Prescription antibiotics for outpatients in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional health survey conducted in three cities

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Biswas, Mohitosh ^a   Roy, Debendra N ^b   Tajmim, Afsana ^b   Rajib, Sheikh S ^b   Hossain, Mosharraf ^b   Farzana, Fahamida ^b   Yasmen, Nelufar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b JASHORE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bangladesh; Prescription patterns

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899637467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-13-15     Document Type: Article

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