Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) survey concerning antimicrobial use among Australian Hajj pilgrims

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Azeem, Mohammad ^a,b   Tashani, Mohamed ^a,b   Barasheed, Osamah ^a,b   Heron, Leon ^a   Hill Cawthorne, Grant A ^c,d   Haworth, Elizabeth ^e   Dwyer, Dominic E ^b,f   Rashid, Harunor ^a,b   Booy, Robert ^a,b,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobials; Hajj; Knowledge attitude and practice; Survey Mecca

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIAN; CHEST INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HAJJ PILGRIM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUP; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISLAM; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; TRAVEL; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISLAM; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911486244     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871526514666140713161757     Document Type: Article

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