Appropriate use of empirical antibiotics in acute diarrhoea: a cross-sectional survey in southern Thailand

Osatakul, Seksit; Puetpaiboon, A

doi:10.1179/146532807x192480

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“…The lowest rate of antibiotic prescription seen in this study was for diarrheal illnesses being 50%. This is higher than that observed by some, where 44% of diarrheal illnesses received antibiotics, but much lower than over 70% reported by some investigators [23,24].…”

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Antibiotics prescription pattern and compliance for common childhood illnesses – an observational study

Chandrasegaran

Raja

et al. 2017

Int J Pediatr Res

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Introduction: Antibiotics are generally overused in children. Frequent inappropriate use of antibiotics and poor compliance contributes to antibiotic resistance. An observational study was undertaken to determine the pattern of antibiotic use and compliance for common ailments in children attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India. Methods: Data was obtained from 197 consecutive children who had visited a health care provider during the previous two weeks for any ailment, in a pretested semi structured questionnaire. Data was entered on MS Excel spreadsheet and analysed using Stata14.0 (Stata Corp, College Station, Tx). Chi square test with Fisher's modification and logistic regression models were used in the analysis. Results: Acute respiratory infections were the most common infections in all age groups followed by diarrheal disorders in infants and fever in older children. Proportion of illnesses which received antibiotics was 75% for respiratory illnesses, 78% for fever, 50% for diarrheal disorders and 64% for other infections, there being no statistically significant difference between them. Out of 143 children who were prescribed antibiotics, 127 (89%) gave the medicines as prescribed. However, only 53 (37%) completed the full course of antibiotics. Compliance with treatment was not associated with age or the type of illness. Most of the parents (73%) discontinued antibiotics because of worsening of symptoms. Adverse reaction to antibiotics was seen in 32 (22%) children. Conclusion: Overuse of antibiotics for common ailments and poor compliance with treatment were perhaps important contributory causes for development of antimicrobial resistance in this region.

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Antibiotics prescription pattern and compliance for common childhood illnesses – an observational study

Chandrasegaran

Raja

et al. 2017

Int J Pediatr Res

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“…A study conducted in Peru [23] revealed that the physicians' prescribing practices of antimicrobials seemed to be more related to agreement with social expectations rather than their knowledge and guidelines. A cross-sectional survey conducted in Thailand also showed an overuse of antibiotics in the treatment of acute diarrhea [24].…”

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Antibiotic-Prescribing Practices of Primary Care Prescribers for Acute Diarrhea in New Delhi, India

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“…There are many studies [17][18][19] conducted in other countries mainly for children that have shown frequent prescription of antibiotics for the treatment of acute diarrhea.…”

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Auditing of prescriptions in relation to diarrhea in children below 5 years of age: a multicenter study

Sharma

Gupta

Kapadia

et al. 2015

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Appropriate use of empirical antibiotics in acute diarrhoea: a cross-sectional survey in southern Thailand

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Antibiotics prescription pattern and compliance for common childhood illnesses – an observational study

Antibiotics prescription pattern and compliance for common childhood illnesses – an observational study

Antibiotic-Prescribing Practices of Primary Care Prescribers for Acute Diarrhea in New Delhi, India

Auditing of prescriptions in relation to diarrhea in children below 5 years of age: a multicenter study

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