Peer reviewed articles

Peer-reviewed articles

Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries (2021)

Download the article here: Pauwels et al., Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021

Global-PPS in Five Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq (2021)

Download the article here: Jaafer M. Kurmanji et al., Mediterr J Infect Microb Antimicrob, 2021

A multicentre point prevalence survey (PPS) of antimicrobial use amongst admitted patients in tertiary care centres in India (2021)

Download the article here: Panditrao et al., Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021

Empirical antibiotherapy as a potential driver of antibiotic resistance: observations from a point prevalence survey of antibiotic consumption and resistance in Gombe, Nigeria (2021)

Download the article here: Manga et al., African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, 2021

Roll out of a successful antimicrobial stewardship programme in Lagos University Teaching Hospital Nigeria using the Global-Point Prevalence Survey (2021)

Download the article here: Oshun et al., African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, 2021

Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance: 2015-2018 longitudinal survey results from Nigeria (2021)

Download the article here: Umeokonkwo et al., African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, 2021

Using longitudinal antibiotic point prevalence survey (PPS) to drive antimicrobial stewardship programmes in a Nigerian tertiary hospital (2021)

Download the article here: Nwajiobi et al., African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, 2021

A Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Prescribing in a South Indian Tertiary Hospital; Using Global PPS Tool (2021)

Download the article here: Vineela Chadalavada et al., Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care, 2021

Antimicrobial Prescription Pattern in Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana: Seasonal Determination Using a Point Prevalence Survey (2021)

Download the article here: Dodoo et al., Antibiotics, 2021

A multicentre point prevalence survey of hospital antibiotic prescribing and quality indices in the Kurdistan regional government of Northern Iraq: the need for urgent action (2020)

Download the article here: Amanj Kurdi et al., Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2020

Rational use of Antibiotics-A Point Prevalence Survey Carried out in a tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria (2020)

Download the article here: Okechukwu et al., International Journal of Tropical Disease end Health, 2020

Point prevalence surveys of antimicrobial use: a systematic review and the implications (2020)

Download the article here: Saleem et al., Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2020

Antimicrobial point prevalence surveys in two Ghanaian hospitals: opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship (2020)

Download the article here: Afriyie et al., JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020

Evidence of Dose Variability and Dosing Below the FDA and EMA Recommendations for Intravenous Colistin (Polymyxin E) Use in Children and Neonates (2020)

Download the article here: Chin et al., The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2020

A point prevalence survey in Baghdad teaching hospital for antimicrobial prescribing pattern (2020)

Download the article here: Kurmanji et al., International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020

Global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption in Brazilian hospitals (2020)

Download the article here: Porto et al., Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020

Point Prevalence Surveys and Customized Interventions Are Good Strategies to Improve Antimicrobial Use: The Brazilian Experience (2020)

Download the article here: Porto et al., Cambridge University Press, 2020

Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Prescribing in a Nigerian Hospital: Findings and Implications on Antimicrobial Resistance (2020)

Загрузите the article here: A. Fowotade et al., West African Journal of Medicine, 2020

Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jordan: Results of an Internet-Based Global Point Prevalence Survey (2020)

Download the article here: Hammour et al., Antibiotics (Basel), 2020

Antibiotic use among surgical inpatients in Nigeria: a case for a standardized protocol for presumptive antimicrobial therapy (2020)

Download the article here: Nnadozie et al., Infection Prevention in Practice, 2020

Longitudinal Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption in Russian Hospitals (2020)

Download the article here: Rachina et al., Antibiotics (Basel), 2020

The 2017 Global-PPS in Canadian hospitals (2020)

Download the article: Frenette etal., Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 2020

Results of the 2017 Global-PPS and ECDC-PPS in Belgian acute care hospitals (2020)

Download the article here: Vandael et al., Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 2020

A multicenter point prevalence survey of antibiotic use in Punjab, Pakistan: findings and implications (2019)

Download the article here: Saleem et al., Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2019

Variations In Antibiotic Use Across India - Multicentre Study Through Global Point Prevalence Survey (2019)

Download the article here: Singh et al., Journal of Hospital Infection, 2019

Use of the WHO AWaRE classification of hospital antibiotic use in paediatric survey data from 56 countries (2019)

Download the article here: Hsia et al., The Lancet Global Health, 2019

Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial prescription in a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria: A call for improved antibiotic stewardship (2019)

Download the article here: Umeokonkwo et al., Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2019

Global Divergence From World Health Organization Treatment Guidelines for Neonatal and Pediatric Sepsis (2019)

Download the article here: Jackson et al., The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2019

The Global Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance among hospitalized children in Georgia (2019)

Download the article here: Korinteli et al., Georgian Med News, 2019

Global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption in Brazilian hospitals (2019)

Download the article here: Porto et al., Journal of Hospital Infections, 2019

Global-PPS of antibiotic use in 26 Saudi hospitals (2018)

Download the article here: Al Matar et al., Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019

Longitudinal PPS results of antibacterial use in Northern Ireland using ESAC-PPS data (years 2009, 2011) and Global-PPS data (year 2015) (2018)

Download the article here: Al-Taani et al., Epidemiology and Infection, 2018

Comparative Global-PPS on antimicrobial consumption in Northern Ireland and Jordan (2018)

Download the article here: Elhajji et al., BMC Health Services Research, 2018

2015 Global-PPS in 4 Nigerian tertiary care hospitals (2018)

Download the article here: Oduyebo et al., Annals of Tropical Pathology, 2018

Overall 2015 Global-PPS results on antibiotic prescribing and resistance in adults in the Lancet Global Health (2018)

Download the article here: Versporten et al., The Lancet Global Health, 2018
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Overall 2015 Global-PPS results on the difference of quality of prescribing between antibacterials and antifungals (2017)

Download the article here: Yusuf et al., Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2017