BACKGROUND We conducted a study to evaluate the impact of education and an antibiotic-control program on antibiotic-prescribing practices, antibiotic consumption, antimicrobial resistance, and cost of antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand. METHODS A study of the year before and the year after the intervention was performed. Inpatient antibiotic prescriptions were prospectively o...

OBJECTIVES This study examined antibiotic utilization patterns in Turkey between 2001 and 2006. METHODS A comprehensive collection and analysis of Turkish antibiotic data from 2001 to 2006 was conducted. The anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification and the defined daily dose (DDD) methodology were used to calculate antibiotic consumption. Data were presented as DDD/1000 inhabitant...

INTRODUCTION Antibiotic use and misuse are linked to pathogen resistance and, as such, both constitute a public health issue with local, national, and global dimensions. Early studies have shown striking variations in the use of these drugs between Nordic and Mediterranean countries. The aim of the present study was to describe and compare antibiotic prescribing in Primary Care in Denmark and A...

poultry nutrition or inappropriate treatments by antibiotics can lead to production of eggs with antibiotic residues. the aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence of drug residues in eggs presented in kermanshah, iran. for this purpose, 120 eggs with the average weight of 60 grams were collected randomly from the supermarkets in kermanshah and later were tested for antibiotic residu...

The relationship between antibiotic consumption and resistance has been widely evaluated. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important opportunistic pathogens in the nosocomial setting, and its resistance to antibiotics is increasing. Production of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) is currently the most fearful resistance mechanism due to the potential of dissemination. This study aimed to eva...

BACKGROUND Consumers receive over 27 million antibiotic prescriptions annually in Australian primary healthcare. Hence, consumers are a key group to engage in the fight against antibiotic resistance. There is a paucity of research pertaining to consumers in the Australian healthcare environment. This study aimed to investigate the perspectives, attitudes and behaviours of Australian consumers o...

Point Prevalence Study of Antibiotic Consumption in Sanandaj Hospitals, 2015-2017; Urgent Implications for an Stewardship Program