Consumption of antibiotics in a small Pacific island nation: Samoa.

High levels of antibiotic use contribute to development of antibiotic resistance. There is little known about levels of antibiotic use in Samoa, although anecdotally, there are high levels of use, and a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may have developed there. The study aimed t...

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Main Authors: Norris P, Nguyen HA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2007-03-01
Series:Pharmacy Practice
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Online Access:http://www.pharmacypractice.org/vol05/01/036-041.htm