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Perception and practice of self-medication with antibiotics among medical students in Sudanese universities: A cross-sectional study.

Osman Kamal Osman ElmahiReem Abdalla Elsiddig MusaAhd Alaaeldin Hussain ShareefMohammed Eltahier Abdalla OmerMugahid Awad Mohamed ElmahiRanda Ahmed Abdalrheem AltamihRayan Ibrahim Hamid MohamedTagwa Faisal Mohamed Alsadig
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Undergraduate medical students had moderate knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance, and an alarmingly high prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics. This highlights the urgent need for tighter legislation regarding the sales of antibiotics in community pharmacies by the state and federal health ministries.
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  • medical students
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