Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Tulu, Selamawit
Tadesse, Tarekegne
Alemayehu Gube, Addisu
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-05-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Majority of acute diarrhoeal diseases are self-limiting and do not require routine treatment.
Treatment with empirical antimicrobials is recommended only for dysenteric and invasive bacterial diarrhoea.
Irrational use of antibiotics in treatment of acute diarrhoea is common in clinical practice worldwide.
This study was carried out to assess the pattern of antibiotic use for acute diarrhoeal diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, East Shewa Ethiopia.
Methods and Materials.
Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1 to April 30, 2016.
Data were collected retrospectively from patients treated for diarrhoeal diseases from January 2015 to December 2015 using structured questionnaires and entered into SPSS (IBM 20) and descriptive statistics was carried out.
Results.
Among the 303 patients, 51.2% were males and 48.8% were females.
Of them, 62% were children under five years.
Two hundred sixty three (86.8%) patients received eight different types of antibiotics and cotrimoxazole (178 patients, 58.7%) was the most prescribed antibiotics, followed by ciprofloxacin (33, 10.9%) and amoxicillin (14, 4.6%).
Based on the presence of blood in stools, 14.5% of cases were of invasive bacterial type.
According to the recommendations of WHO, the rate of overuse of antibiotics was 72.3%.
Conclusion.
This study revealed that there was high overuse of antibiotics for both adults and children under five with acute diarrhoea in Bishoftu General Hospital.
And Cotrimoxazole was the most prescribed antibiotic.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tulu, Selamawit& Tadesse, Tarekegne& Alemayehu Gube, Addisu. 2018. Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia. Advances in Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118509
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tulu, Selamawit…[et al.]. Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia. Advances in Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118509
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tulu, Selamawit& Tadesse, Tarekegne& Alemayehu Gube, Addisu. Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia. Advances in Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118509
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1118509