A narrative review of antibiotic prescribing practices in primary care settings in South Africa and potential ways forward to reduce antimicrobial resistance

A Chigome, N Ramdas, P Skosana, A Cook… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
There are concerns with the current prescribing of antibiotics in both the private and public
primary care settings in South Africa. These concerns need to be addressed going forward …

A narrative review of recent antibiotic prescribing practices in ambulatory care in Tanzania: findings and implications

A Massele, AM Rogers, D Gabriel, A Mayanda… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: There are concerns with the current prescribing practices of
antibiotics in ambulatory care in Tanzania, including both the public and private sectors …

Antimicrobial stewardship: knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among non-healthcare students at the University of Zambia

S Mudenda, P Chisha, B Chabalenge… - JAC-antimicrobial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to the world and could
become humanity's next major challenge. This study assessed non-healthcare students' …

Disability-adjusted life years from bone and joint infections associated with antimicrobial resistance: an insight from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study

KU Lewandrowski, RCL da Silva, JC Elfar… - International …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Bone and joint infections, complicated by the burgeoning challenge of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR), pose significant public health threats by amplifying the disease burden …

Assessment of change in antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacteria causing orthopaedic infections by sequential sampling: A prospective cohort study

A Kaushal, N Goyal, R Arora, AK Jain, NP Singh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Management of Orthopaedic wound infections often depend on
isolation of bacteria species (spp.) and its subsequent antimicrobial susceptibility testing …

[PDF][PDF] JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

S Mudenda, SK Matafwali, S Malama, M Munyeme… - ecology, 2023 - scienceopen.com
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health problem that is fuelled
by the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics, especially those from the 'watch'and …

[HTML][HTML] Management of Chronic Osteomyelitis and Antibiotic Stewardship; An Effort to Delay the Post-Antibiotic Era

A Ahmed, A Mushtaq, IA Mirza, F Sana… - Journal of the College of …, 2024 - jcpsp.pk
Results: Out of the 45 patients, the majority 29% were soldiers, 40% belonging to the age
group of 31-60 years. The common predisposing factor was trauma/fractures followed by …