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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Antimicrobial Stewardship Impact on Antibiotic Use in Three Tertiary Hospitals in Zambia: A Comparative Point Prevalence Survey.

Steward Mudenda, Kenneth Kapolowe, Uchizi Chirwa, Melvin Chanda, Raphael Chanda, Rodney Kalaba, Sombo Fwoloshi, Christabel Phiri, Mukuka Mwamba, Robert Kajaba Chirwa and 17 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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

27 authors.

Steward MudendaDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-1692-8981
Kenneth KapoloweUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Uchizi ChirwaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Melvin ChandaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Raphael ChandaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Rodney KalabaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Sombo FwoloshiUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Christabel PhiriUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Mukuka MwambaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0009-0000-8771-4679
Robert Kajaba ChirwaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Kotey NikoiUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Linda MusondaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Kaunda YambaAntimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Committee, Zambia National Public Health Institute, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Josepsh Yamweka ChizimuAntimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Committee, Zambia National Public Health Institute, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Chitalu ChandaNdola Teaching Hospital, Ndola 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-1186-5045
Tamica MubangaNdola Teaching Hospital, Ndola 10101, Zambia.
Chisha SimutoweNdola Teaching Hospital, Ndola 10101, Zambia.
John KasangaLivingstone University Teaching Hospital, Livingstone 10101, Zambia.
Mulope MukanwaLivingstone University Teaching Hospital, Livingstone 10101, Zambia.
Katongo Hope MutengoLivingstone University Teaching Hospital, Livingstone 10101, Zambia.
Philip MatthewInternational Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Ørestads Boulevard 5, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fabian Maza ArnedoInternational Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Ørestads Boulevard 5, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jyoti JoshiInternational Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Ørestads Boulevard 5, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jonathan MayitoInternational Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Ørestads Boulevard 5, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ruth NakazweUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Maisa KasangaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-1724-7934
Duncan ChandaUniversity Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-5477-9054

Funding

ICARS 10010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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antimicrobial stewardshipimpactinterventionspoint prevalence surveyZambia

Identifiers

PMID40149095
PMCPMC11939251

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