Antimicrobial stewardship in rural and remote primary health care: a narrative review

JW Yau, SM Thor, D Tsai, T Speare… - Antimicrobial Resistance & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging problem worldwide and poses a
significant threat to human health. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes are being …

Antimicrobial resistance awareness and antibiotic prescribing behavior among healthcare workers in Nigeria: a national survey

EE Chukwu, DA Oladele, CA Enwuru… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem compromising the effective
treatment of infectious diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraging and …

[HTML][HTML] Why Do Physicians Prescribe Antibiotics? A Systematic Review of the Psycho-Socio-Organisational Factors Related to Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of …

C Lansink, B Sinha, N Meessen, T Dekkers… - Infectious disease …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Purpose: Effective antimicrobial use enhances care quality and combats antibiotic
resistance. Yet, non-guideline factors influence potentially inappropriate prescribing. This …

Late-career physicians prescribe longer courses of antibiotics

CI Fernandez-Lazaro, KA Brown… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Antibiotic duration is often longer than necessary. Understanding the reasons
for variability in antibiotic duration can inform interventions to reduce prolonged antibiotic …

Reduced antibiotic use after initial treatment of acute respiratory infections with phytopharmaceuticals-a retrospective cohort study

D Martin, M Konrad, CC Adarkwah… - Postgraduate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: We examined the relationship between the initial treatment of acute lower and
upper tract respiratory infections with phytopharmaceuticals and the duration of the disease …

Antimicrobial resistance: physicians' and pharmacists' perspective

D Rusic, J Bozic, J Bukic, M Vilovic… - Microbial drug …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacists' and physicians' attitudes and
knowledge about antimicrobial treatment and resistance and based on the results to identify …

Addressing AMR and planetary health in primary care: the potential of general practitioners as change agents

P Tigges, A Greser, I Gágyor, J Kraft, A Maun… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is closely linked with the health and stability of
environmental systems and therefore a challenge for the health of the planet. General …

[HTML][HTML] Hub and Spoke: Next level in regional networks for infection prevention

D Pantano, AW Friedrich - International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The threat of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
are real and increasing every day. They affect not only healthcare systems but also …

Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study

S Carlos, A Rico-Campà… - European journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Finnish government has emphasized the need to expedite
educational transitions. We study if a late start of upper secondary education is related to …

Fostering appropriate antibiotic use in a complex intervention: mixed-methods process evaluation alongside the cluster-randomized trial ARena

R Poss-Doering, L Kühn, M Kamradt, A Stürmlinger… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The cluster randomized trial ARena (sustainable reduction of antibiotic-induced
antimicrobial resistance, 2017–2020) promoted appropriate use of antibiotics for acute non …