Pharmacy-based dispensing of antimicrobial agents without prescription in India: Appropriateness and cost burden in the private sector

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shet, Anita ^a,b   Sundaresan, Suba ^a   Forsberg, Birger C ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial use; Non prescription dispensing; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FURAZOLIDONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ORNIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; ZINC;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85006190460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0098-8     Document Type: Article

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