Property | Value |
Name | Cephalosporins Usage and Resistance Trend in a Sudanese Hospital Surgical Wards |
Description | Research article:- * Salah I. Kheder Ph.D Pharmacology - National college of Medical & Techenical sciencies National college of Medical & Techenical sciencies– Pharmacy program , Khartoum – Sudan,3783 Khartoum.
Abstract:-Most hospitals in Sudan consumed large amount of cephalosporin antibiotics, particularly in surgical departments as the preferred choice for prophylaxis. The present study audited the use of cephalosporin in a general hospital surgical setting and investigated the resistance rates to the different cephalosporin antibiotics used. Consumption of cephalosporin antibiotics calculated, and surveillance susceptibility results was obtained on a daily base for 2 years from May 2008 to May 2010, from hospital microbiology laboratory and analyzed every 3-4 months. Consumption was significantly decreased from 270 DDDs/1000 patient-days at the beginning of observational periods to 104 DDDs/1000 patient-days for the last 3 months of intervention period (representing a 61.6% decrease), but high resistance rates remained almost unchanged. Appropriate infection control and antibiotic management strategies are needed to stem the spread of this emerging of resistance.
Key words :- Antibiotic resistance, Antibiotic policy, Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases, ESBLs. |
Filename | Salah I Kheder.pdf |
Filesize | 266.09 kB |
Filetype | pdf (Mime Type: application/pdf) |
Creator | admin |
Created On: | 10/17/2011 00:00 |
Viewers | Everybody |
Maintained by | Editor |
Hits | 6128 Hits |
Last updated on | 11/13/2011 19:27 |
Homepage | |
CRC Checksum | |
MD5 Checksum |