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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Prescription Practices and Usage of Antimicrobials in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Rwanda: A Call for Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Acsa Igizeneza, Leopold Bitunguhari, Florence Masaisa, Innocent Hahirwa, Lorette D Uwamahoro, Osee Sebatunzi, Nathalie Umugwaneza, Ines Pauwels, Ann Versporten, Erika Vlieghe and 3 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Acsa IgizenezaDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rwanda, Huye P.O. Box 117, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0002-3439-2335
Leopold BitunguhariDepartment of Clinical Biology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda.
Florence MasaisaDepartment of Clinical Biology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda.
Innocent HahirwaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda.
Lorette D UwamahoroDepartment of Clinical Biology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda.
Osee SebatunziDepartment of Clinical Biology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda.
Nathalie UmugwanezaDepartment of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda.
Ines PauwelsLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-2118
Ann VersportenLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3551-6643
Erika VliegheLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Ayman AhmedUnit of Applied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan.ORCID 0000-0002-9516-9508
Jean Claude S NgabonzizaDepartment of Clinical Biology, University of Rwanda, Kigali P.O. Box 3286, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0002-6075-5603
Caroline TheunissenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

Funding

The Belgian Federal Public Service of Development Cooperation (DGD) under FA5-Rwanda Project BE-BCE_KBO-0410057701-prg2022-13-RW
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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antimicrobial resistanceantimicrobial stewardshiplow- and middle-income countriespoint prevalence surveyRwanda tertiary hospitalteaching hospital

Identifiers

PMID39596727
PMCPMC11591426

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