Antibiotic use in Namibia: Prescriber practices for common community infections

South African Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 231-235

  Pereko, Dawn D ^a   Lubbe, Martie S ^a   Essack, Sabiha Y ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Antibiotics; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NAMIBIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84942086769     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2015.1024021     Document Type: Article

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