Antibiotic prescribing among patients with severe infectious diseases in two private sector hospitals in Central India – a time series analysis over 10 years

Autor: Anna Damlin, Megha Sharma, Gaetano Marrone, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05059-7
Popis: Abstract Background Antibiotic resistance is an emerging problem caused due to antibiotic use. In countries with high rates of infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance is a frequent cause of mortality. The aim was to analyse antibiotic prescribing practices between 2008 and 2017 in a teaching (TH) and a non-teaching (NTH) hospital, as typical hospitals of low- and middle-income countries, and to compare antibiotic prescribing for severe infectious indications for which empiric antibiotic treatment is recommended. Methods Data from adult patients registered at two Indian private-sector hospitals with one of the following indications: epiglottitis, pneumonia, peritonitis, pyelonephritis, cellulitis, erysipelas, septic arthritis, endocarditis, meningitis or sepsis; were included and analysed. Antibiotic prescription data was analyzed using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system and the Defined Daily Doses. Chi-square and linear regression were used to compare the data between groups. Time series analyses were conducted using linear regression. P-values
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