Rachel Greer
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Research groups
Rachel Greer
MBChB DTM&H MRCGP
Research Physician
MORU
Rachel Greer is a UK trained GP currently working in Chiangrai, Thailand with Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit.
Interests include community medicine, targeting antibiotics and using research to help vulnerable groups.
Current studies include:
- The impact of C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in low-resource settings
- REACH (Resilience, Empowerment & Advocacy in Women’s and Children’s Health Research)
Recent publications
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Children Hospitalized With Scrub Typhus in an Area of Endemicity
Journal article
Wangrangsimakul T. et al, (2019), Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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Misidentification of Burkholderia pseudomallei as Acinetobacter species in northern Thailand
Journal article
Greer RC. et al, (2019), Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113, 48 - 51
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Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial.
Journal article
Althaus T. et al, (2019), The Lancet. Global health, 7, e119 - e131
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Retrospective review of the management of acute infections and the indications for antibiotic prescription in primary care in northern Thailand
Journal article
Greer RC. et al, (2018), BMJ Open, 8, e022250 - e022250
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The social role of C-reactive protein point-of-care testing to guide antibiotic prescription in Northern Thailand
Journal article
Haenssgen MJ. et al, (2018), Social Science & Medicine, 202, 1 - 12