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Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm
December 2022
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
Background: Pharmacogenomics (PGx) is a rapidly growing field which promises to deliver personalized, more effective medications tailored to genetic information. Although the pharmacy profession is expected to lead the translation of pharmacogenomics into widespread clinical implementation, there is a reported lack of preparedness among its members. Assessing pharmacogenomic-related training in Australian pharmacy program curricula may highlight educational gaps and provide guidance for curricula revision.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotics (Basel)
August 2021
Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance Team (MicroART), Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence and genetic characteristics of ESBL and acquired-AmpC (qAmpC)-producing isolates from healthy and sick dogs in Portugal. Three hundred and sixty-one faecal samples from sick and healthy dogs were seeded on MacConkey agar supplemented with cefotaxime (2 µg/mL) for cefotaxime-resistant (CTX) recovery. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for 15 antibiotics was performed and the ESBL-phenotype of the isolates was screened.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Manag Care Spec Pharm
October 2021
Analysis Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Promacta (eltrombopag; EPAG) and Nplate (romiplostim; ROMI) have not been compared in head-to-head trials for treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP); however, indirect treatment comparisons have indicated similar efficacy and safety outcomes, and the drugs are generally accepted as therapeutic alternatives. To determine which of the 2 therapies would result in the lowest overall cost from a US health plan perspective, under the assumption of equivalent clinical efficacy and safety. A cost-minimization model was developed in Microsoft Excel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJMIR Public Health Surveill
January 2021
Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Background: Effective communication is critical for mitigating the public health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objective: This study assesses the source(s) of COVID-19 information among people in Nigeria, as well as the predictors and the perceived accuracy of information from these sources.
Methods: We conducted an online survey of consenting adults residing in Nigeria between April and May 2020 during the lockdown and first wave of COVID-19.
Res Rep Trop Med
December 2020
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Objective: Ethiopia has the second highest burden of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) next to Sudan. North West Ethiopia alone accounts for 60% of the national burden. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers were the riskiest groups.
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