ReviewMalaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia2014
Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in the Asia-Pacific region: A brief review.
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- Results from a Patient-Based Health Education Intervention in Reducing Antibiotic Use for Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in the Private Sector Primary Care Setting in Singapore.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2017Trial
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Centor Score for Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis among Adults in Primary Care Clinics in Malaysia.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Patients with Pharyngitis in Malaysian Public Primary Care Clinics.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Impact of targeted educational intervention towards public knowledge and perception of antibiotic use and resistance in the state of Perak, Malaysia.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Article
- Recruitment and participation of a survey in a public-private primary care setting: experience from the QUALICOPC Malaysia.Primary health care research & development · 2020Article
- Oral prednisolone for acute otitis media in children: a pilot, pragmatic, randomised, open-label, controlled study (OPAL study).Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- The inappropriate use of antibiotics in hospitalized dengue virus-infected children with presumed concurrent bacterial infection in teaching and private hospitals in Bandung, Indonesia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
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- Antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in primary care; what factors affect prescribing and why is it important? A narrative review.Irish journal of medical science · 2018Review
- Tackling infectious diseases in primary care.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2014Article
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Abstract
This review highlights the high prevalence of antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in a larger part of the Asia-Pacific region. Since URTIs are one of the common reasons for primary care consultations in this region, inappropriate use of antibiotic in both quantity and drug choice has greatly influenced the development of antibiotic resistance. Notwithstanding the paucity of Asia-Pacific data on the above issues, the available information suggests urgent actions needed to be taken to promote judicious antibiotic use at the point-of-care through a multi-pronged approach targeting the patients/consumers (or parents), healthcare providers and health care systems.
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