OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to monitor the antimicrobial utilization in ENT out patient services in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal. MATERIALS & METHODS A total of 191 prescriptions were randomly audited at varying time interval from the department of ENT in the year 2003. The data was collected in customized Performa in the form of antibacterial audit questionnaires. It also ...

intestinal normal flora can become reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes present among the strains responsible for nosocomial infections. it is suggested that gram negative intestinal bacterial flora have increased capacities to obtain antibiotic resistance genes and therefore can act as main reservoirs for transfer of resistance genes to other pathogenic bacteria. this study aimed to compa...

To investigate the relationship between dietary nutrient concentration and weaning age on growth performance and caecal characteristics of rabbits, a trial was carried out on 64 litters (eight rabbits/litter) comparing two weaning ages (25 vs. 34 d) and two diets (HC: high concentrated and LC: low concentrated diet) offered to the kits from 18 to 34 d of age. At 34 d of age 54 animals per group...

ing the twentieth century is considered one of the most important breakthroughs in modern medicine. The discovery of penicillin has paved the way for the development of additional antimicrobial agents and classes (Neomycin, Streptomycin, cephalosporin, Gramicidin). These antimicrobial agents helped cure patients with various infectious dieases, conditions that would have been otherwise fatal. U...