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Antibiotic appropriateness at outpatient settings in Ethiopia: the need for an antibiotic stewardship programme.

Rahel Belete AbebeBezawit Mulat AyalMuluken Adela AlemuTirsit Kestela Zeleke
Published in: Drugs in context (2024)
Large proportions of antibiotic prescriptions for outpatients were non-compliant with the national treatment guideline, suggesting that prescribers need to give special attention to outpatients whilst ordering antibiotics such as amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and cephalexin. Antibiotic stewardship efforts to optimize outpatient antibiotic prescriptions and reduce the use of potentially inappropriate antibiotics are needed in Ethiopia.
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