Effect of antibiotic medicines availability on adherence to standard treatment guidelines among hospitalized adult patients in southern Malawi

Francis Kachidza Chiumia; Adamson Sinjani Muula; Frider Chimimba; Happy Magwaza Nyirongo; Elizabeth Kampira; Felix Khuluza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293562

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Effect of antibiotic medicines availability on adherence to standard treatment guidelines among hospitalized adult patients in southern Malawi

Francis Kachidza Chiumia,

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

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Adamson Sinjani Muula,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community and Environmental Health, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Frider Chimimba,

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

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Happy Magwaza Nyirongo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Elizabeth Kampira,

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Felix Khuluza

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fkhuluza@kuhes.ac.mw

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences and Allied Health Professions, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-0160

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Effect of antibiotic medicines availability on adherence to standard treatment guidelines among hospitalized adult patients in southern Malawi

Francis Kachidza Chiumia,
Adamson Sinjani Muula,
Frider Chimimba,
Happy Magwaza Nyirongo,
Elizabeth Kampira,
Felix Khuluza

Published: October 31, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293562

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