Substandard/counterfeit antimicrobial drugs

T Kelesidis, ME Falagas - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Substandard/counterfeit antimicrobial drugs are a growing global problem. The most
common substandard/counterfeit antimicrobials include beta-lactams (among antibiotics) …

Toxic alcohol ingestions: clinical features, diagnosis, and management

JA Kraut, I Kurtz - Clinical Journal of the American Society of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Alcohol-related intoxications, including methanol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and
propylene glycol, and alcoholic ketoacidosis can present with a high anion gap metabolic …

Counterfeit anti-infective drugs

PN Newton, MD Green, FM Fernández… - The Lancet infectious …, 2006 - thelancet.com
The production of counterfeit or substandard anti-infective drugs is a widespread and under-
recognised problem that contributes to morbidity, mortality, and drug resistance, and leads to …

[HTML][HTML] The global threat of counterfeit drugs: why industry and governments must communicate the dangers

R Cockburn, PN Newton, EK Agyarko, D Akunyili… - PLoS …, 2005 - journals.plos.org
The Global Threat of Counterfeit Drugs: Why Industry and Governments Must Communicate the
Dangers | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS Medicine Browse Current …

The contrasting characteristics of acute kidney injury in developed and developing countries

J Cerdá, A Bagga, V Kher… - Nature clinical practice …, 2008 - nature.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) has become increasingly prevalent in both developed and
developing countries, and is associated with severe morbidity and mortality, especially in …

Counterfeit or substandard antimicrobial drugs: a review of the scientific evidence

T Kelesidis, I Kelesidis, PI Rafailidis… - Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
There is growing universal concern regarding counterfeit medications. In particular,
counterfeit antimicrobial drugs are a threat to public health with many devastating …

Assessment of the incidence of substandard drugs in developing countries

O Shakoor, RB Taylor… - Tropical Medicine & …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
In a number of developing countries there is reportedly a high incidence of the availability of
substandard drugs. The majonty of these reports do not contain quantitative data to support …

The health consequences of falsified medicines‐a study of the published literature

MS Rahman, N Yoshida, H Tsuboi… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To analyse and present the literature describing the health consequences of
falsified medicines, focusing on mortality and morbidity, as well as the scale of the issue, the …

Counterfeit drugs and medical devices in developing countries

BD Glass - Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The World Health Organization has reported that counterfeit medicines potentially
make up more than 50% of the global drug market, with a significant proportion of these fake …

Epidemic of pediatric deaths from acute renal failure caused by diethylene glycol poisoning

KL O'Brien, JD Selanikio, C Hecdivert, MF Placide… - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—Contaminated pharmaceutical products can result in substantial morbidity and
mortality and should be included in the differential diagnosis of deaths of unknown origin …