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Antibiotics in surgical wards: use or misuse? A newly industrialized country’s perspective

Author(s) -

Mun Kit Lim,

Pauline Siew Mei Lai,

Sasheela Ponnampalavanar,

Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar,

Nur Aishah Mohd Taib,

Mohamad Yasim Yusof,

Claire Italiano,

David C. M. Kong,

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.6731

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , observational study , antimicrobial stewardship , antibiotic stewardship , emergency medicine , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Studies exploring the appropriateness of therapeutic antibiotic use among surgical patients are limited, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine the appropriateness of antibiotics prescribed in a surgical setting in Malaysia.

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