Open Access<p>Inappropriate Antibiotic Use Among Inpatients Attending Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Southeast Ethiopia: Implication for Future Use</p>
Author(s) -
Mohammedaman Mama,
Ayele Mamo,
Heyder Usman,
Bedru Hussen,
Abduljewad Hussen,
Geroma Morka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s251151
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , antibiotics , guideline , ceftriaxone , referral , antimicrobial , cephalosporin , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology
Ethiopia is one of the countries where the healthcare system is not yet developed to the required level; hence, it is not uncommon that drugs, particularly antimicrobials, are inappropriately used for infections by any causative agents, with or without prescription, in combination or not, and, of more concern, without sensitivity tests. So, it was considered important to assess the magnitude of inappropriate antimicrobial use among inpatients attending Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, southeast Ethiopia.