TY - JOUR
T1 - Antimicrobial therapy in resource-limited settings with high antimicrobial resistance
T2 - a case-based approach
AU - Gupta, Nitin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Choosing antimicrobial therapy in resource-limited settings is challenging because of the lack of advanced diagnostics and limited treatment options. Further-more, since most international guidelines do not ac-count for settings with high antimicrobial resistance, it is difficult for primary care physicians to choose the right antibiotic. This review, therefore, attempts to summarise the principles of antimicrobial therapy in such settings through six hypothetical case scenarios.
AB - Choosing antimicrobial therapy in resource-limited settings is challenging because of the lack of advanced diagnostics and limited treatment options. Further-more, since most international guidelines do not ac-count for settings with high antimicrobial resistance, it is difficult for primary care physicians to choose the right antibiotic. This review, therefore, attempts to summarise the principles of antimicrobial therapy in such settings through six hypothetical case scenarios.
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U2 - 10.53854/liim-3001-8
DO - 10.53854/liim-3001-8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85127242900
SN - 1124-9390
VL - 30
SP - 73
EP - 79
JO - Infezioni in Medicina
JF - Infezioni in Medicina
IS - 1
ER -
