A point prevalence survey of antibiotic use in 18 hospitals in Egypt

Antibiotics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 450-460

  Talaat, Maha ^a   Saied, Tamer ^a   Kandeel, Amr ^b   Abo El Ata, Gehad A ^c   El Kholy, Amani ^c   Hafez, Soad ^d   Osman, Ashraf ^e   Razik, Mohamed Abdel ^e   Ismail, Ghada ^f   El Masry, Sherine ^f   Galal, Rami ^b   Yehia, Mohamad ^g   Calfee, David P ^h  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No3   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

^d Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^e MINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^f Saint Fatima Square Heliopolis   (Egypt)

^g AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Egypt; Prevalence survey; Surgical prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG USE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 85008706486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics3030450     Document Type: Article

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