Misuse of Antibiotics

Patients' interviews and misuse of antibiotics.

To better evaluate patient contribution in antibiotic use, we questioned 5379 subjects from 9 countries. Antibiotics are perceived as strong, efficient drugs, but they are believed to undermine immunity. Interviewees believe that most respiratory infections, except the common cold, require antibiotic therapy, and 11% of them had to exaggerate their symptoms to get an antibiotic prescription fro...

Editorial: Use and Misuse of Systemic Antibiotics in Periodontitis Treatment.

Periodontitis is one of the most common inflammatory diseases affecting humans all over the world. Its prevalence varies from one country to another, yet thanks to the decline of edentulism and the general increase of life expectancy, it has been consistently rising in the past decade.5,9Moreover, nowadays patients are more inclined to keeping their natural teeth as long as possible, despite im...

A Sustainable Strategy to Prevent Misuse of Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Infections

BACKGROUNDS Over 50% of antibiotics prescriptions are for outpatients with acute respiratory infections (ARI). Many of them are not needed and thus contribute both avoidable adverse events and pressures toward the development of bacterial resistance. Could a clinical decision support system (CDSS), interposed at the time of electronic prescription, adjust antibiotics utilization toward consensu...

Policy Brief and Recommendations #4 Misuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production

Misuse of prophylactic antibiotics and prevalence of postoperative wound infection in obstetrics and gynecology department in a Sudanese hospital

Purpose: This study was conducted to audit prophylactic antibiotic use and to quantify the rate of wound infection. Methods: Across-sectional prospective study was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan during March 1st to 31st October 2010. All Patients (aged >18 years) were included. Results: Overall 725 patients were included. The performed...