Antimicrobial prescribing patterns for respiratory diseases including tuberculosis in Russia: a possible role in drug resistance?
Author(s) -
Yanina Balabanova,
Ivan Fedorin,
С. И. Кузнецов,
Catriona Graham,
Michael Ruddy,
Rifat Atun,
Richard Coker,
Francis Drobniewski
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh383
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial , respiratory tract infections , tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , rifampicin , antibiotics , ciprofloxacin , family medicine , pediatrics , respiratory system , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing exposes patients to the risk of side effects and encourages the development of drug resistance across antimicrobial groups used for respiratory infections including tuberculosis (TB).
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