2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.10.020
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Antibiotic use in Vietnamese hospitals: A multicenter point-prevalence study

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“…Results demonstrated that 84% of the antibiotic-treated cases at the time of sampling in these hospitals were using cephalosporins, mainly cefotaxime, a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. This result was similar to previous studies conducted in Vietnam [11][12][13][14]and in the world [5,7].14% of inpatients in this study received at least two antibiotics, most of them were given two antibiotics. The most common antibiotic combinations were cephalosporins plus gentamycin, and two antibiotics belonging to the cephalosporin class (cefotaxime and ceftazidime).…”
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confidence: 82%
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“…Results demonstrated that 84% of the antibiotic-treated cases at the time of sampling in these hospitals were using cephalosporins, mainly cefotaxime, a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. This result was similar to previous studies conducted in Vietnam [11][12][13][14]and in the world [5,7].14% of inpatients in this study received at least two antibiotics, most of them were given two antibiotics. The most common antibiotic combinations were cephalosporins plus gentamycin, and two antibiotics belonging to the cephalosporin class (cefotaxime and ceftazidime).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 82%
“…Studies, which investigated the use of antibiotics, recent years revealed that cephalosporins were prescribed more frequently in the treatment of infections in the world [2][3][4][5][6][7]and in Vietnam as well [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. However, in the current context of antibiotic resistance crisis, particularly the burgeoning resistance to cephalosporins [16], antimicrobial stewardship programs have become a prerequisite committed at all the healthcare centers.…”
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“…Although there have been several large PPS of hospital AMU in the United States [11, 12], Europe [13], Australia [14, 15], and elsewhere [16, 17], PPS of Canadian hospitals are more limited, and are particularly lacking for nonacademic centers [18–20]. To our knowledge, there is also only 1 example of a provincial PPS, conducted in New Brunswick in 2012 [21, 22].…”
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“…Although a global increase in the number of resistant bacteria necessitates the use of potent antibiotics to combat serious infections and the use of antibiotics is necessary and lifesaving in ill infants and neonates, irrational antimicrobial prescription in situations where antibiotics are misused, is widespread globally, especially in developing countries (5)(6)(7).…”
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