Identifying opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship through a point prevalence survey in an Indian tertiary-care teaching hospital

Objectives: Unregulated and inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents has been a major driver of antimicrobial resistance with a dangerous impact on health issues in developing nations. We report an audit of antimicrobial use patterns in a tertiary-care teaching hospital in order to identify opportu...

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Main Authors: Zabiuddin Ahad Mohammed, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Muralidhar Varma, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520302599