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Alam T
Alam T
Pakistan
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Irrational Use of Antibiotics, in Different Age Groups of Karachi: A Wakeup Call for Antibiotic Resistance and Future Infections
Author(s): Hameed A, Naveed S, Qamar F, Alam T, Abbas SS and Sharif NHameed A, Naveed S, Qamar F, Alam T, Abbas SS and Sharif N
Antibiotics also acknowledged as antibacterial medications that inhibits or slows down the growth of bacteria. From discovery of antibiotics, decade added to the life expectancy of man. Irrational use of antibiotics can lead to resistance towards wide range of pathogens and bacteria. The emergence of resistance is threatening the usefulness of antibiotics. There is a dearth of novel agents to encounter the challenge of resistant strains. Our study aims to find out the current practice of irrational antibiotics prescribed by physicians to children and use of antibiotics among adults without prescription or with refilling of prescriptions having antibiotics as a self-medication. A cross-sectional method was use to collect data from different hospitals (from 100 children) and public places (from 200 adults) of Karachi, Pakistan. According to our survey, antibiotics are prescribed to 76% .. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/jbb.1000302