Antibiotics Prescription, Dispensing Practices and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Common Pathogens in Nepal: A Narrative Review

K Ghimire, MR Banjara, BP Marasini… - Microbiology …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing and it is a serious public health problem
worldwide. Nepal is considered as one of the contributors for rising AMR due to the most …

Factors influencing the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the Rupandehi district of Nepal

A Nepal, D Hendrie, LA Selvey… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health crisis. A major driver of
resistance is inappropriate antibiotic use, resulting from practices of prescribers, dispensers …

Use of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in Nepal: a nationwide survey

KR Rijal, MR Banjara, B Dhungel, S Kafle, K Gautam… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Nepal suffers from high burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) due to inappropriate use of
antibiotics. The main objective of this study was to explore knowledge, attitude and practices …

[PDF][PDF] Antimicrobial resistance: an emerging threat to public in Nepal

UN Yadav, ND Pant, R Thapa… - Palliat Med …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging public health issue in developing countries like
Nepal. The underlying causes may be lack of awareness among the public about the …

Antibiotic use, its resistance in Nepal and recommendations for action: a situation analysis

B Basnyat, P Pokharel, S Dixit, S Giri - Journal of Nepal Health …, 2015 - jnhrc.com.np
Antibiotics are crucial, life-saving medicines in the fight against infectious disease, but
resistance to these drugs is growing all over. This article presents key findings from a …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling antimicrobial resistance in primary care facilities across Pakistan: Current challenges and implications for the future

M Alam, Z Saleem, A Haseeb, MU Qamar… - Journal of Infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are gradually becoming less effective against bacteria worldwide, and this issue
is of particular concern in economically-developing nations like Pakistan. We undertook a …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial infections and antimicrobial resistance in Nepal: current trends and recommendations

RH Dahal, DK Chaudhary - The open microbiology journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance is a life threatening challenges to the world. Most of the well-known
antibiotics are currently ineffective to several microbial diseases. Ampicillin, metronidazole …

Patterns of antibiotic use in the community and challenges of antibiotic surveillance in a lower-middle-income country setting: a repeated cross-sectional study in …

SJ Chandy, K Thomas, E Mathai… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objectives There is considerable evidence linking antibiotic usage to bacterial resistance.
Intervention strategies are needed to contain antibiotic use and thereby resistance. To plan …

Burgeoning irrational antibiotics use in primary health care in Nepal

S Shrestha, RS Yadav, SK Deo - 2018 - 103.69.126.140
Rational use of drugs has immense impact on quality health care. Developing nations have
80% essential drug list prescription. Even though WHO estimates 15-25% antibiotics …

Analysis of patterns of antibiotic prescribing in public health facilities in Nepal

A Nepal, D Hendrie, S Robinson, LA Selvey - The Journal of Infection in …, 2020 - jidc.org
Introduction: Inappropriate use of antibiotics is recognised as a leading cause of antibiotic
resistance. Little is known about antibiotic prescribing practices at public health facilities in …