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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/106185| Title: | Community antibiotic prescribing for RTIs in Malta : 1-year trend and associated influencing factors |
| Authors: | Saliba Gustafsson, Erika Anne-Marie Dunberger, A. Zarb, P. Borg, Michael Angelo Rosales- Klintz, S. Orsini, N. Stalsby Lundborg, C. |
| Keywords: | Respiratory infections -- Chemotherapy -- Malta Drugs -- Prescribing -- Malta Antibiotics -- Therapeutic use Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Citation: | Gustafsson, E. S., Dunberger, A., Zarb, P., Borg, M. A., Rosales-Klintz, S., Orsini, N., & Lundborg, C. S. (2017). Community antibiotic prescribing for RTIs in Malta: 1-year trend and associated influencing factors. The European Journal of Public Health, 27(Suppl. 3), 78. |
| Abstract: | Background: Effective surveillance is essential to contain antibiotic (AB) resistance. In Malta, community AB consumption data at prescription-level are unavailable. Without ongoing surveillance it is challenging to devise strategies tailored towards specific local needs and measure the impact of an AB prescribing intervention in such a community. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/106185 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPat |
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