Antimicrobial usage at a large teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Anne M. Masich; Ana D. Vega; Patricia Callahan; Amber Herbert; Sombo Fwoloshi; Paul M. Zulu; Duncan Chanda; Uchizi Chola; Lloyd Mulenga; Lottie Hachaambwa; Neha S. Pandit; Emily L. Heil; Cassidy W. Claassen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228555

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Antimicrobial usage at a large teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Anne M. Masich,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0728-001X

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Ana D. Vega,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Patricia Callahan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Amber Herbert,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Sombo Fwoloshi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Paul M. Zulu,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Duncan Chanda,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Uchizi Chola,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
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Lloyd Mulenga,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Ministry of Health, Ndeke House, Lusaka, Zambia
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Lottie Hachaambwa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Neha S. Pandit,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Emily L. Heil,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Cassidy W. Claassen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cclaassen@ihv.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia, Adult Infectious Diseases Center, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Antimicrobial usage at a large teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Anne M. Masich,
Ana D. Vega,
Patricia Callahan,
Amber Herbert,
Sombo Fwoloshi,
Paul M. Zulu,
Duncan Chanda,
Uchizi Chola,
Lloyd Mulenga,
Lottie Hachaambwa

Published: February 10, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228555

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