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A random survey of the prevalence of falsified and substandard antibiotics in the Lao PDR

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OBJECTIVES:In 2012, a stratified random survey, using mystery shoppers, was conducted to investigate the availability and quality of antibiotics sold to patients in the private sector in five southern provinces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos). METHODS:A total of 147 outlets were sampled in 10 districts. The active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) content measurements for 909 samples, including nine APIs (amoxicillin, ampicillin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, ofloxacin...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/jac/dkz164

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Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Journal website
Volume:
74
Issue:
8
Pages:
2417–2425
Publication date:
2019-05-02
Acceptance date:
2019-03-24
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EISSN:
1460-2091
ISSN:
0305-7453
Pmid:
31049576
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pubs:998857
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uuid:8ca614c6-cd25-43ce-92d1-fb7363bb49d5
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pubs:998857
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998857
Deposit date:
2019-05-18

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