ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Zimbabwe in the COVID-19 Era: A Perfect Recipe for Antimicrobial Resistance.
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- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic consumption: A systematic review comparing 2019 and 2020 data.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Harnessing the benefits of seed oils: a comprehensive study on their role in functional foods.AMB Express · 2025Article
- Characterization of enteric pathogens in Harare, Zimbabwe using environmental surveillance and metagenomics.Journal of water and health · 2025Article
- Antimicrobials as cornerstones and quick fixes Zimbabwean in healthcare and society: Health practitioners´ critical reflections on two stories of antimicrobial use as part of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) education.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Adaptation and validation of the scale for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections among nursing students: an exploratory factor analysis approach.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to assess changes in antibiotic use and antibiotic-resistant E. coli carriage in semi-rural Ecuador.Scientific reports · 2023Observational
- Prediction of tsunami of resistance to some antibiotics is not far-fetched which used during COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2023Review
- Factors Associated with the Antibiotic Treatment of Children Hospitalized for COVID-19 during the Lockdown in Serbia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Curbing antimicrobial resistance in post-COVID Africa: Challenges, actions and recommendations.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Exploration of Trends in Antimicrobial Use and Their Determinants Based on Dispensing Information Collected from Pharmacies throughout Japan: A First Report.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The response to COVID-19 among drug retail outlets in Indonesia: A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
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Abstract
The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an upsurge in antimicrobial use. The increase in use is multifactorial, and is particularly related to the empirical treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and suspected coinfections with antimicrobials and the limited quality of diagnostics to differentiate viral and bacterial pneumonia. The lack of clear clinical guidelines across a wide range of settings, and the inadequacy of public health sectors in many countries, have contributed to this pattern. The increased use of antimicrobials has the potential to increase incidences of antimicrobial resistance, especially in low-resource countries such as Zimbabwe already grappling with multidrug-resistant micro-organism strains. By adopting the antimicrobial stewardship principles of the correct prescription and optimised use of antimicrobials, as well as diagnostic stewardship, revamping regulatory oversight of antimicrobial surveillance may help limit the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance during this pandemic.
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