Antibiotic consumption and utilization at a large tertiary care level hospital in Uganda: A point prevalence survey
Prescription of watch antibiotics in both OPD and IPD hospital settings was high. Establishment of robust antimicrobial stewardship measures could help improve the rational prescription of antibiotics.
Authors
- Susan Nabadda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2357-2530)
- Laura Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-4761)
- Charles Kabugo
- Ibrahim Mugerwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4462-2867)
- Mark Kizito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-3442)
- Darius Owachi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-1887)
- Vivian Twemanye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0291-1604)
- Falisy Lule
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (UG)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Soroti University (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313587
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.05
Funders
- Pfizer
- Wellcome Trust