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

Angela SalomonJody BoffaSizulu MoyoJeremiah Chikovore Giorgia Sulis Benjamin DanielsAda KwanTsatsawani MkhomboSarah WuMadhukar Pai Amrita 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.

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