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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Antimicrobial Stewardship for Outpatients with Chronic Bone and Joint Infections in the Orthopaedic Clinic of an Academic Tertiary Hospital, South Africa.

Mankoana A Masetla, Pinky N Ntuli, Veena Abraham, Brian Godman, Bwalya A Witika, Steward Mudenda, Phumzile P Skosana

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Mankoana A MasetlaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.
Pinky N NtuliDepartment of Pharmacy, Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.
Veena AbrahamDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3327-8653
Brian GodmanDepartment of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6539-6972
Bwalya A WitikaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4034-9368
Steward MudendaDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 50110, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-1692-8981
Phumzile P SkosanaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2873-2735
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University · ZADr George Mukhari Hospital · ZAUniversity of Strathclyde · GBUniversity of Zambia · ZM

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_16090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone and joint infections are associated with prolonged hospitalizations, high morbidity and complexity of care. They are difficult to treat, and successful therapy requires organism-specific antimicrobial therapy at high doses for a prolonged duration as recommended in standard treatment guidelines (STGs). Adherence to the treatment plan is equally important, which is enhanced with knowledge of the condition as well as appropriate antibiotics. Consequently, the aim of this study was to provide antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) services to outpatients with chronic bone and joint infections presenting to the orthopaedic clinic at a public South African tertiary hospital. A total of 44 patients participated in this study. Chronic osteomyelitis was diagnosed in 39 (89%) patients and septic arthritis in 5 (11%). The majority (43%) of infections were caused by

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antimicrobial resistanceantimicrobial stewardshipbone and joint infectionsguidelinesSouth Africa

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PMID37508238
PMCPMC10376089
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