Background: Typhoid fever is a public health problem with high disease burden in India. The prevalence of multidrug resistance typhoid has nearly doubled from 1999 to 2005. against Fluoroquinlones very due indiscriminate use and an increased Azithromycin, one the first line antibiotics used being observed. This study will evaluate current trend antibiotic among cases observed tertiary care hosp...

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Abstract Background Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are an emerging global problem that increases in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and cost. We performed a 6-year retrospective study to provide valuable insight into appropriate antibiotic use in HAI cases. also aimed understand how hospitals could reduce pathogen drug resistance population overuses antibiotics. Methods All data (2012–...

1 Clinical Research Fellow, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme and Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine University of Malawi, Malawi ([email protected]). Tel: 265-1-676444; Fax: 265-1-675774. Ref. No. 03-010397 Uncertainty remains about the risks and benefits of implementing guidelines on the use of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for prevention of HIV-related i...