Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh
A cross sectional study was conducted in inpatient department of seven primary level hospitals care centers (PLHCs) and six tertiary level hospitals (TLHs) of the country. Total 2058 hospitalized patients were interviewed over a six month period from October 2012. Most of the patients (85.9% in TLH...
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doaj-d6eb3e7b408b4490b56da6192b294d4a2020-11-25T00:21:52ZengIbrahim Medical CollegeIMC Journal of Medical Science2519-17212519-15862015-07-01924244Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of BangladeshAbdullah Akhtar Ahmed0Md. Shariful Alam Jilani1Osul Ahmed Chowdhury2KM Shahidul Islam3Md. Akram Hossain4Md. Jahangir Alam5Md. Abdullah Siddique6Lovely Barai7Fahmida Rahman8J Ashraful Haq 9Department of Microbiology ,Ibrahim Medical College,122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000Department of Microbiology ,Ibrahim Medical College,122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000Department of Microbiology ,Sylhet Osmani Medical College,SylhetDepartment of Microbiology ,Dhaka Medical College,DhakaDepartment of Microbiology ,Mymensingh Medical College,MymensinghDepartment of Microbiology ,Sher-e-Bangla Medical College,BarisalDepartment of Microbiology ,Rajshahi Medical College,RajshahiDepartment of Microbiology ,BIRDEM General Hospital,122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000Department of Microbiology ,Ibrahim Medical College,122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000Department of Microbiology ,Ibrahim Medical College,122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka-1000A cross sectional study was conducted in inpatient department of seven primary level hospitals care centers (PLHCs) and six tertiary level hospitals (TLHs) of the country. Total 2058 hospitalized patients were interviewed over a six month period from October 2012. Most of the patients (85.9% in TLH and 100% in PLH) were prescribed with antibiotics at the time of admission. Only 6.4% patients of TLHs treated with antibiotic had culture proven infection and rest of the patient of TLH and all the patients of PLH were treated with antibiotic empirically. Top prescribed antibiotic was ceftriaxone (39.64% in TLH, 59.64% in PLH). Parenteral route of antibiotic administration was preferred for both at TLHs and PLHCs (63.3% and 76.9%). The results of the present study indicated that antibiotics were widely and inappropriately used without following standard guidelines or based on any rationality. This is an alarming situation, and needs to be addressed by the relevant authority to save the people from growing antibiotic resistance. Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2015; 9(2): 42-44http://www.imcjms.com/registration/journal_full_text/76 |
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Abdullah Akhtar Ahmed Md. Shariful Alam Jilani Osul Ahmed Chowdhury KM Shahidul Islam Md. Akram Hossain Md. Jahangir Alam Md. Abdullah Siddique Lovely Barai Fahmida Rahman J Ashraful Haq |
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Abdullah Akhtar Ahmed Md. Shariful Alam Jilani Osul Ahmed Chowdhury KM Shahidul Islam Md. Akram Hossain Md. Jahangir Alam Md. Abdullah Siddique Lovely Barai Fahmida Rahman J Ashraful Haq Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh IMC Journal of Medical Science |
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Abdullah Akhtar Ahmed Md. Shariful Alam Jilani Osul Ahmed Chowdhury KM Shahidul Islam Md. Akram Hossain Md. Jahangir Alam Md. Abdullah Siddique Lovely Barai Fahmida Rahman J Ashraful Haq |
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Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh |
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Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh |
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Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh |
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Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh |
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Use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of Bangladesh |
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use of antibiotics in selected tertiary and primary level health care centers of bangladesh |
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A cross sectional study was conducted in inpatient department of seven primary level hospitals care centers (PLHCs) and six tertiary level hospitals (TLHs) of the country. Total 2058 hospitalized patients were interviewed over a six month period from October 2012. Most of the patients (85.9% in TLH and 100% in PLH) were prescribed with antibiotics at the time of admission. Only 6.4% patients of TLHs treated with antibiotic had culture proven infection and rest of the patient of TLH and all the patients of PLH were treated with antibiotic empirically. Top prescribed antibiotic was ceftriaxone (39.64% in TLH, 59.64% in PLH). Parenteral route of antibiotic administration was preferred for both at TLHs and PLHCs (63.3% and 76.9%). The results of the present study indicated that antibiotics were widely and inappropriately used without following standard guidelines or based on any rationality. This is an alarming situation, and needs to be addressed by the relevant authority to save the people from growing antibiotic resistance.
Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2015; 9(2): 42-44 |
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