Prescription Pattern of Antibiotics and Susceptibility of The Pathogens in Infectious Conjunctivitis

Nimmala, Supritha; Mohapatra, Satyakam; R, Jamuna Rani

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“…In the present report, a quarter of the patients were prescribed neomycin with polymyxin B and glucocorticoid; this is in contrast with other reports, in which other antibiotics predominated [7,[15][16][17][21][22][23][24]. For example, the use of polymyxin B with trimethoprim predominated in the USA (53.4%) [15], whereas it was prescribed with fusidic acid in the Netherlands (69.0%) [17], levofloxacin in China (71.8%) [21], chloramphenicol in Australia (50.8%) [16], moxifloxacin in India (52.0-53.5%) [23,24] and tobramycin in Spain (66.1%) [22] and Belgium (23.4%) [7]. The differences in drug prescription patterns have been shown in other pharmacoepidemiological studies in the country, but in different clinical contexts [25][26][27].…”

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Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

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pharmacological variables and comorbidities were considered. A descriptive analysis was performed. Results A total of 8708 patients were identified; they had a median age of 44.7 years, and 59.3% were women. The most common causes of conjunctivitis were unspecified (53.1%) and allergic (37.4%). The most commonly used drug was olopatadine (26.1%), followed by dexamethasone with neomycin and polymyxin B (25.0%). A total of 97.0% of the patients received ophthalmic prescriptions, while 12.8% received systemic medications. Glucocorticoids (40.3%), antibiotics (37.7%) and antihistamines (31.7%) were the most commonly used groups of ophthalmic drugs. Glucocorticoids and ophthalmic antibiotics were the medications most frequently prescribed by general practitioners for the treatment of viral or bacterial conjunctivitis.

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“…Differences were found in the most frequently used type of antibiotic. In the present report, a quarter of the patients were prescribed neomycin with polymyxin B and glucocorticoid; this is in contrast with other reports, in which other antibiotics predominated [7,[12][13][14][18][19][20][21]. For example, the use of polymyxin B with trimethoprim predominated in the USA (53.4%) [12], whereas it was prescribed with fusidic acid in the Netherlands (69.0%) [14], levo oxacin in China (71.8%)…”

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“…[18], chloramphenicol in Australia (50.8%) [13], moxi oxacin in India (52.0-53.5%) [20,21] and tobramycin in Spain (66.1%) [19] and Belgium (23.4%) [7]. The differences in drug prescription patterns have been shown in other pharmacoepidemiological studies in the country, but in different clinical contexts [22][23][24].…”

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Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

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Gaviria‐Mendoza

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Purpose: Conjunctivitis is one of the most common ocular pathologies. Its treatment depends on its etiology, but an excessive use of antibiotics and corticosteroids, which in many cases are contraindicated, has been described. The objective was to describe the prescription patterns of medications used to treat conjunctivitis in a Colombian population.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on the pharmacological treatment of patients diagnosed with conjunctivitis based on a drug-dispensing database of approximately 8.5 million people affiliated with the Colombian Health System. Some sociodemographic and pharmacological variables and comorbidities were considered. A descriptive analysis was performed.Results: A total of 8,708 patients were identified; they had a median age of 44.7 years, and 59.3% were women. The most common causes of conjunctivitis were unspecified (53.1%) and allergic (37.4%). The most commonly used drug was olopatadine (26.1%), followed by dexamethasone with neomycin and polymyxin B (25.0%). A total of 97.0% of the patients received ophthalmic prescriptions, while 12.8% received systemic medications. Glucocorticoids (40.3%), antibiotics (37.7%) and antihistamines (31.7%) were the most commonly used groups of ophthalmic drugs. Glucocorticoids and ophthalmic antibiotics were the medications most frequently prescribed by general practitioners for the treatment of viral or bacterial conjunctivitis.Conclusions: Many patients with conjunctivitis are not being managed according to the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines, which highlights that the widespread use of antibiotics with ophthalmic glucocorticoids could be considered potentially inappropriate prescriptions in many cases.

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“…Accelerated rate of carbonation tends to increase the weight of the sample by 6% as a result of increase in the production of calcite due to accelerated carbonation [7,16]. Such increase in the production of calcite will also get increased as the age of exposure of concrete under accelerated carbonation increases [6,8]. Apart from the factors stated above, blending of pozzolanic materials either in binary/ ternary system has inverse effect on the carbonation of concrete [9,14].…”

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Effect of M Sand and Supplementary Cementitious Materials on Carbonation of Concrete

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Carbonation is one of the imperative properties that affect the durability of concrete especially in case of reinforced structures. In this present study, an attempt has been taken to study the effect of M sand and other supplementary cementitious materials like silica fume, fly ash and steel slag as a partial replacement to cement. Different combinations with M sand, river sand and combinations of M sand and river sand with supplementary cementitious materials at water to cement ratio varying from 0.45 to 0.5 was studied. Results revealed that the complete replacement of river sand by M sand reduced the rate of carbonation but addition of supplementary cementitious along with either river sand or M sand resulted in increase over the rate of carbonation compared to conventional concrete.

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Prescription Pattern of Antibiotics and Susceptibility of The Pathogens in Infectious Conjunctivitis

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Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

Indication-prescription study for the management of conjunctivitis in a Colombian population

Effect of M Sand and Supplementary Cementitious Materials on Carbonation of Concrete

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