Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions after the great east Japan earthquake, 2011
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Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions after the great east Japan earthquake, 2011
Few studies have investigated the appropriateness of antibiotic use in postdisaster settings. We retrospectively evaluated clinical databases on health care delivered at clinics near shelters set up after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011. We defined appropriate, acceptable, and inappropriate antibiotic use for each diagnostic category, by applying and adopting precedent studies and clinica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000006625