Journal article
Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: a systematic review
- Abstract:
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Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely acknowledged as a global problem, yet in many parts of the world its magnitude is still not well understood. This review, using a public health focused approach, aimed to understand and describe the current status of AMR in Africa in relation to common causes of infections and drugs recommended in WHO treatment guidelines.
Methods: PubMed, EMBASE and other relevant databases were searched for recent articles (2013–2...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Government of Australia
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Government of the Netherlands
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Government of Great Britain
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Government of Switzerland
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WHO/TDR
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMC Infectious Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 616
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-09-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-2334
- Pmid:
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28893183
- Source identifiers:
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730305
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:730305
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- Local pid:
- pubs:730305
- Deposit date:
- 2017-09-26
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- Copyright holder:
- Tadesse et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
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(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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