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| Title |
Microbiological contamination in counterfeit and unapproved drugs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2050-6511-15-34 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dieter Pullirsch, Julie Bellemare, Andreas Hackl, Yvon-Louis Trottier, Andreas Mayrhofer, Heidemarie Schindl, Christine Taillon, Christian Gartner, Brigitte Hottowy, Gerhard Beck, Jacques Gagnon |
| Abstract |
Counterfeit and unapproved medicines are inherently dangerous and can cause patient injury due to ineffectiveness, chemical or biological contamination, or wrong dosage. Growth of the counterfeit medical market in developed countries is mainly attributable to life-style drugs, which are used in the treatment of non-life-threatening and non-painful conditions, such as slimming pills, cosmetic-related pharmaceuticals, and drugs for sexual enhancement. One of the main tasks of health authorities is to identify the exact active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in confiscated drugs, because wrong API compounds, wrong concentrations, and/or the presence of chemical contaminants are the main risks associated with counterfeit medicines. Serious danger may also arise from microbiological contamination. We therefore performed a market surveillance study focused on the microbial burden in counterfeit and unapproved medicines. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 33% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 20 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 July 2014.
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#6,940,770
of 22,757,541 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
#122
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#66,539
of 227,902 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
#6
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,757,541 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 68th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 439 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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