Profile of antibiotic consumption, sensitivity and resistance in an urban area of Andhra Pradesh, India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 268-272

  Peripi, Sunita Bhargavi ^a   Thadepalli, Venu Gopala Rao ^b   Khagga, Mukkanti ^c   Tripuraribhatla, Prasanna Krishna ^d   Bharadwaj, Dinesh Kumar ^e  

^a School of Life Sciences   (India)

^b Gandhi Institute of Biological Sciences   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drugs; Indiscriminate prescription; Resistance; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NUTRITION; PRESCRIPTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859786018     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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