Antibiotics in surgical wards: Use or misuse? a newly industrialized country’s perspective

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1264-1271

  Lim, Mun Kit ^a   Lai, Pauline Siew Mei ^a   Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela Sri La Sri ^a   Omar, Sharifah Faridah Syed ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^a   Yusof, Mohamad Yasim ^a   Italiano, Claire Marie ^b   Kong, David Chee Ming ^c   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Antibiotics; Appropriateness; Malaysia; Surgical

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROSURGERY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84948980537     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.6731     Document Type: Article

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