Antibiotic prescribing practices: A national survey of Cambodian physicians

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1144-1148

  Om, Chhorvoin ^a   Vlieghe, Erika ^b   McLaughlin, James C ^c   Daily, Frances ^c   McLaws, Mary Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Infectious disease; Knowledge; Public hospital; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84995442496     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.062     Document Type: Article

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