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Vazquez Deida AA, Bizune DJ, Kim C, Sahrmann JM, Sanchez GV, Hersh AL, Butler AM, Hicks LA, Kabbani S. Opportunities to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Adults With Acute Sinusitis, United States, 2016-2020. Open Forum Infect Dis 2024; 11:ofae420. [PMID: 39100530 PMCID: PMC11297501 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
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Background Better understanding differences associated with antibiotic prescribing for acute sinusitis can help inform antibiotic stewardship strategies. We characterized antibiotic prescribing patterns for acute sinusitis among commercially insured adults and explored differences by patient- and prescriber-level factors. Methods Outpatient encounters among adults aged 18 to 64 years diagnosed with sinusitis between 2016 and 2020 were identified by national administrative claims data. We classified antibiotic agents-first-line (amoxicillin-clavulanate or amoxicillin) and second-line (doxycycline, levofloxacin, or moxifloxacin)-and ≤7-day durations as guideline concordant based on clinical practice guidelines. Modified Poisson regression was used to examine the association between patient- and prescriber-level factors and guideline-concordant antibiotic prescribing. Results Among 4 689 850 sinusitis encounters, 53% resulted in a guideline-concordant agent, 30% in a guideline-discordant agent, and 17% in no antibiotic prescription. About 75% of first-line agents and 63% of second-line agents were prescribed for >7 days, exceeding the length of therapy recommended by clinical guidelines. Adults with sinusitis living in a rural area were less likely to receive a prescription with guideline-concordant antibiotic selection (adjusted risk ratio [aRR], 0.92; 95% CI, .92-.92) and duration (aRR, 0.77; 95% CI, .76-.77). When compared with encounters in an office setting, urgent care encounters were less likely to result in a prescription with a guideline-concordant duration (aRR, 0.76; 95% CI, .75-.76). Conclusions Opportunities still exist to optimize antibiotic agent selection and treatment duration for adults with acute sinusitis, especially in rural areas and urgent care settings. Recognizing specific patient- and prescriber-level factors associated with antibiotic prescribing can help inform antibiotic stewardship interventions.
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- Axel A Vazquez Deida
- Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Sanchez GV, Kabbani S, Tsay SV, Bizune D, Hersh AL, Luciano A, Hicks LA. Antibiotic Stewardship in Outpatient Telemedicine: Adapting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Elements to Optimize Antibiotic Use. Telemed J E Health 2024; 30:951-962. [PMID: 37856146 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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The rapid expansion of telemedicine has highlighted challenges and opportunities to improve antibiotic use and effectively adapt antibiotic stewardship best practices to outpatient telemedicine settings. Antibiotic stewardship integration into telemedicine is essential to optimize antibiotic prescribing for patients and ensure health care quality. We performed a narrative review of published literature on antibiotic prescribing and stewardship in outpatient telemedicine to inform the adaptation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship framework to outpatient telemedicine settings. Our narrative review suggests that in-person antibiotic stewardship interventions can be adapted to outpatient telemedicine settings. We present considerations for applying the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship to outpatient telemedicine which builds upon growing evidence describing care delivery and quality improvement in this setting. Additional applied implementation research is necessary to inform the application of effective, sustainable, and equitable antibiotic stewardship interventions across the spectrum of outpatient telemedicine.
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- Guillermo V Sanchez
- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Barfield RK, Brown ML, Albrecht B, Barber KE, Bouchard J, Carr AL, Chahine EB, Cluck D, Covington EW, Deri CR, Durham SH, Faulkner-Fennell C, Freeman LK, Gauthier TP, Gibson GM, Green SB, Hobbs ALV, Jones BM, Jozefczyk CC, Marx AH, McGee EU, McKamey LJ, Musgrove R, Perez E, Slain D, Stover KR, Turner MS, White C, Bookstaver PB, Bland CM. A Baker's Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications in 2022. Open Forum Infect Dis 2024; 11:ofad687. [PMID: 38434614 PMCID: PMC10906711 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Keeping abreast of the antimicrobial stewardship-related articles published each year is challenging. The Southeastern Research Group Endeavor identified antimicrobial stewardship-related, peer-reviewed literature that detailed an actionable intervention during 2022. The top 13 publications were selected using a modified Delphi technique. These manuscripts were reviewed to highlight actionable interventions used by antimicrobial stewardship programs to capture potentially effective strategies for local implementation.
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- Reagan K Barfield
- Department of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Liaison Clinical Pharmacist, Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON), Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Palm Beach Atlantic University Gregory School of Pharmacy, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, East Tennessee State University—Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, South Carolina, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacy Enterprise, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy, GA Campus, Suwanee, Georgia, USA
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- System Pharmacy, Novant Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Section of Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Cone Health, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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Dirjayanto VJ, Lazarus G, Geraldine P, Dyson NG, Triastari SK, Anjani JV, Wisnu NK, Sugiharta AJ. Efficacy of telemedicine-based antimicrobial stewardship program to combat antimicrobial resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Telemed Telecare 2023:1357633X231204919. [PMID: 37847852 DOI: 10.1177/1357633x231204919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat. Improving antimicrobial use is the main strategy against AMR, but it is challenging to implement especially in low-resource settings. Thus, this review aims to explore the efficacy of telehealth-based antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP), which is more accessible. METHODS Registered to PROSPERO and following PRISMA guidelines, literature search was performed in databases including PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, Science Direct, EBSCOhost, EMBASE, and Google Scholar, searching for studies implementing telehealth ASP. Critical appraisal of studies was performed using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Cohort Studies (NOS), Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool (RoB) 2.0, and Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies-of Interventions (ROBINS-I). We utilized inverse variance, random effects model to obtain the pooled odds ratio (OR) and mean difference (MD) estimates, as well as sensitivity and subgroup analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The search yielded 14 studies. Telehealth-based ASP was associated with better adherence to guidelines (pooled OR: 2.78 [95%CI:1.29-5.99], p = 0.009; I2 = 93%), within which streamlining yielded better odds (pooled OR: 30.54 [95%CI:10.42-89.52], p < 0.001) more than the compliance with policy subgroup (pooled OR: 1.60 [95%CI:1.02-2.51], p = 0.04). The odds of antimicrobial prescription rate reduced significantly (pooled OR: 0.60 [95%CI:0.42-0.85], p = 0.005; I2 = 94%), especially for the lower respiratory infection subgroup (pooled OR: 0.37 [95%CI:0.28-0.49], p < 0.001). Days of therapy decreased (pooled MD: -47.12 [95%CI: -85.78- -8.46], p = 0.02; I2 = 100%), with the greatest effect in acute care settings (pooled MD: -97.73 [95%CI:-147.48-47.97], p = 0.0001). Mortality did not change significantly (pooled OR: 1.20 [95%CI:0.69-2.10], p = 0.52; I2 = 63%). CONCLUSION Telehealth-based ASP was proven beneficial to increase adherence to guideline and reduce prescription rates, without significantly affecting patient clinical outcome. After further studies, we recommend more widespread use of telemedicine to combat AMR.
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- Valerie J Dirjayanto
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java 16424, Indonesia
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Sadeq AA, Hasan SS, AbouKhater N, Conway BR, Abdelsalam AE, Shamseddine JM, Babiker ZOE, Nsutebu EF, Bond SE, Aldeyab MA. Exploring Antimicrobial Stewardship Influential Interventions on Improving Antibiotic Utilization in Outpatient and Inpatient Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11101306. [PMID: 36289964 PMCID: PMC9598859 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11101306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial stewardship interventions are targeted efforts by healthcare organizations to optimize antimicrobial use in clinical practice. The study aimed to explore effective interventions in improving antimicrobial use in hospitals. Literature was systemically searched for interventional studies through PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus databases that were published in the period between January 2010 to April 2022. A random-effects model was used to pool and evaluate data from eligible studies that reported antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions in outpatient and inpatient settings. Pooled estimates presented as proportions and standardized mean differences. Forty-eight articles were included in this review: 32 in inpatient and 16 in outpatient settings. Seventeen interventions have been identified, and eight outcomes have been targeted. AMS interventions improved clinical, microbiological, and cost outcomes in most studies. When comparing non-intervention with intervention groups using meta-analysis, there was an insignificant reduction in length of stay (MD: -0.99; 95% CI: -2.38, 0.39) and a significant reduction in antibiotics' days of therapy (MD: -2.73; 95% CI: -3.92, -1.54). There were noticeable reductions in readmissions, mortality rates, and antibiotic prescriptions post antimicrobial stewardship multi-disciplinary team (AMS-MDT) interventions. Studies that involved a pharmacist as part of the AMS-MDT showed more significant improvement in measured outcomes than the studies that did not involve a pharmacist.
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- Ahmed A. Sadeq
- Department of Pharmacy, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
- Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Infecious Diseases, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Infecious Diseases, Shaikh Shakhbout Medical City in Partnership with Mayo Clinic, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 11001, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
- Pharmacy Department, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield WF1 4DG, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-01484-472825
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