Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance during the COVID-19 Era among Hospitals in Saudi Arabia and the Implications

Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance during the COVID-19 Era among Hospitals in Saudi Arabia and the Implications

The inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobials increases antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which poses an appreciable threat to public health, increasing morbidity and mortality. Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing includes their prescribing in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, despite limited...

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Main Authors: Abdul Haseeb, Safa S. Almarzoky Abuhussain, Saleh Alghamdi, Shahad M. Bahshwan, Ahmad J. Mahrous, Yazeed A. Alzahrani, Albaraa Faraj Alzahrani, Abdullmoin AlQarni, Manal AlGethamy, Asem Saleh Naji, Asim Abdulaziz Omar Khogeer, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Brian Godman, Zikria Saleem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
antibiotics
antimicrobial resistance
AWaRe classification
hospitals
point prevalence survey
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/11/1609

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