Antibiotic use and resistance: Knowledge attitudes and perceptions among primary care prescribers in South Africa

Background. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a major threat to global health, driven in part by inappropriate prescription of antibiotics in primary care.Objectives. To describe South African (SA) prescribers’ knowledge of, attitudes to and perceptions of ABR.Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional...

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Main Authors: E Farley, A Stewart, M-A Davies, M Govind, D van den Bergh, T Boyles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health and Medical Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:South African Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12395/8596