Mohitosh Biswas|Daniel Roy|Afsana Tajmim|Sheikh Shahriar Rajib|Mosharraf Hossain|Fahamida Farzana|Nelufar Yasmen
Prescription antibiotics for outpatients in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional health survey conducted in three cities
University of Rajshahi|Jessore University of Science and Technology|Jessore University of Science and Technology|Jessore University of Science and Technology|Jessore University of Science and Technology|Jessore University of Science and Technology|Jessore University of Science and Technology
antibiotics prescribing physicians gained due importance across globe mainly increase antibiotic usage prevalence infections drug resistances present study aimed evaluate physicians prescribing pattern antibiotics usages outpatients disease conditions antibiotics prescribed three cities bangladesh cross sectional health survey carried self designed standard questionnaire manual data collection three months period 20032013 20062013 three adjacent cities jessore sadar monirampur keshabpur upazila respectively data collected patients prescription directly interviewing patients prescribed least one antibiotic study period anatomical therapeutic chemical atc classifications antibiotics used descriptive statistics applied collected data analyzed using microsoft excel software modified wald method applied calculate 95 ci total 900 prescriptions analyzed study period found prescriber prescribed antibiotics patients suffering mainly cold fever infections diarrhea gonorrhea highest prescribed antibiotic groups cephalosporins 3178 macrolides 2733 quinolones 1633 penicillins 711 metronidazoles 678 respectively two antibiotics prescribed 2544 prescriptions total 6689 prescriptions complete information dosage form 57 complete direction antibiotics use 6422 patients completed full course antibiotics although 83 prescriptions clinical test using antibiotics even though percentages patients disease recovery 6178 incompliance 3822 research observed physicians prescribed antibiotics rationally cases needs ensure cases prescription irrational use leads spread bacterial resistance antibiotics related health problems findings important implications public education enforcement regulations regarding prescription antibiotics bangladesh