[HTML][HTML] Overuse of medications in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

L Albarqouni, S Palagama, J Chai… - Bulletin of the World …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To identify and summarize the evidence about the extent of overuse of
medications in low-and middle-income countries, its drivers, consequences and potential …

OneHealth approaches contribute towards antimicrobial resistance: Malaysian perspective

V Mariappan, KM Vellasamy, NA Mohamad… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
On a global scale, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognized as a One Health challenge
due to the continual and increased development and distribution of resistant microbes and …

Occurrence and potential human health risk of pharmaceutical residues in drinking water from Putrajaya (Malaysia)

SM Praveena, MZM Rashid, FAM Nasir, WS Yee… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in drinking water has been widely reported in
countries that have registered steady economic growth. This can exert concerns among the …

Patient, provider, and practice characteristics associated with inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing in ambulatory practices

ML Schmidt, MD Spencer… - infection control & hospital …, 2018 - cambridge.org
OBJECTIVETo reduce inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing across ambulatory care,
understanding the patient-, provider-, and practice-level characteristics associated with …

Evaluation of antibiofilm activity of Thymus syriacus essential oil against clinically isolated MDR bacteria

B Battah, A Rajab, L Shbibe, JS Dhaliwal… - Progress In Microbes …, 2022 - hh-publisher.com
Finding alternative strategies to confront bacterial resistance is an urgent need. Biofilm-
forming bacteria have become a serious problem in medicine and industry. Bacteria can use …

A national, multicentre web-based point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in community healthcare centres across South Africa and the implications

PP Skosana, N Schellack, B Godman, A Kurdi… - Hospital …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Up to 90% of antimicrobials globally are prescribed and dispensed in ambulatory
care. However, there are considerable gaps regarding the extent and rationale for their use …

Antibiotic consumption trends in China: evidence from six-year surveillance sales records in Shandong Province

Y Song, Z Han, K Song, T Zhen - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background The overuse of antibiotics is a serious public health problem in China, causing
a high rate of antimicrobial resistance. This study identified the trends of antibiotic …

Risk assessment of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in the Klang River estuary, Malaysia

TFT Omar, AZ Aris, FM Yusoff, S Mustafa - … Geochemistry and Health, 2019 - Springer
The concentration profile, distribution and risk assessment of pharmaceutically active
compounds (PhACs) in the coastal surface water from the Klang River estuary were …

Appropriateness and adequacy of antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory tract infections in ambulatory health care centers in Ecuador

X Sánchez Choez, ML Armijos Acurio… - BMC Pharmacology and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Upper respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of misuse of antibiotics,
a problem that leads to unnecessary adverse events and antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic …

Virulence Gene Profile, Antimicrobial Resistance and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Salmonella enterica Subsp. enterica Serovar Enteritidis from Chickens and …

Z Zakaria, L Hassan, Z Sharif, N Ahmad, R Mohd Ali… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We investigated the pathogenicity, antimicrobial resistance and multilocus
sequence types of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis isolated from …