OBJECTIVES To identify key determinants explaining country-year variations in antibiotic use and resistance. METHODS Ambulatory antibiotic use data [in defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day (DIDs)] for 19 European countries from 1999 to 2007 were collected, along with 181 variables describing countries in terms of their agriculture, culture, demography, disease burden, education, h...

Abstract Background This study aimed to decrease unnecessary long-term antimicrobial use in primary care by identifying and highlighting patients with or repeated exposure antibiotics GP teams for review. The broad spectrum co-amoxiclav was targeted following data showing rising DDD per prescription our Health Board. Methods Community antibiotic prescribing from the national Prescribing Informa...

Augmentin is a chemical mixture component medicine (co medicine) known as co-amoxiclav and it famous antibiotic used for treatment of number bacterial infections, so dangerous to be left in the environment after its expired harmful child’s, present work introduces an idea using form potential non-toxic (green ) corrosion inhibitor steel 1.0 N HCl. Five analytical techniques were evaluate inhibi...

Gram-negative bacteria were collected from different clinical labs situated in Karachi. Of these 83 isolates, 99% found resistant against one or more of the following antibiotics: ampicillin, co-amoxiclav, gentamycin, neomycin, streptomycin and tetracycline. Most isolates multi-drug (MDR) having resistance to three antibiotics at a time. For 4.8% Susceptible, 3.6% Intermediate while 91.5% Resis...

Accessibility and availability of fresh clean water is a key to sustainable development and essential element in health, food production and poverty reduction. In the present study, we have collected water sachet containing CM/L number and they were analysed for physical and bacteriological nature. The organisms isolated in this study were Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas v...

Melioidosis is considered a rare disease in Hong Kong, and its diagnosis and treatment can be difficult. We report the case of a patient who presented with thoracic empyema. The material sampled from the empyema was initially labelled Burkholderia cepacia. The diagnosis of melioidosis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei could only be made after repeated cultures, and performing arginine dihydrolas...

Introduction: Today, resistant microorganisms to antibiotics are not only encountered in hospitals, but they also spreading more widely the community. The aim of this study was evaluate one factors antibiotic resistance, administration community pharmacies. Materia and method: conducted an comunity pharmacy. collected data covers period time April - June 2022, including a considerable number pa...