Antimicrobial stewardship: need of the hour
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Antimicrobial stewardship programmes: the need for wider engagement.
To cite: Charani E, Holmes AH. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:885–887. Antimicrobial resistance has been recognised as a major global health threat and is now on the political agenda with world leaders recognising the necessity to act to preserve the potency of antimicrobial agents and invest funds to discover new ones. Despite the majority of antimicrobial prescribing and consumption occurring in primar...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2279-0780,2319-2003
DOI: 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20183012