Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review.

By D. Morgan, I. Okeke, Ramanan Laxminarayan, E. Perencevich, S. Weisenberg. Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print), 2011

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The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention (2015, background): “Of particular note is the use of antibiotics in low-income countries, where there are additional factors contributing to the emergence of resistance, including (a) less potent activity of some antibacterial agents (including counterfeit drugs), (b) over-the-counter availability, with insufficient do”
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy – what we know and what we don’t (2018, background): “An effective aPDT system, which is too expensive for under-developed countries or even emerging economies, will precede the uncontrolled over-the-counter purchase of conventional antimicrobial drugs in these countries, which in turn is known to contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance ”