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Prescribing practices for presumptive TB among private general practitioners in South Africa: a cross-sectional, standardised patient study.

Angela SalomonJody BoffaSizulu MoyoJeremiah ChikovoreGiorgia SulisBenjamin DanielsAda KwanTsatsawani MkhomboSarah WuMadhukar PaiAmrita Daftary
Published in: BMJ global health (2022)
Prescribing practices among private GPs for persons presenting with TB-like symptoms in South Africa raise concern about inappropriate antimicrobial use, private healthcare costs and TB diagnostic delay.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • south africa
  • primary care
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • health insurance
  • hiv positive
  • case report
  • staphylococcus aureus
  • adverse drug
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