Citation: Sharma M, Damlin A, Pathak A, Stålsby Lundborg C (2015) Antibiotic Prescribing among Pediatric Inpatients with Potential Infections in Two Private Sector Hospitals in Central India. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0142317. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142317 Published: November 5, 2015 Abstract Introduction: Infectious diseases are one of the major causes of child mortality in…
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Introduction Upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is one of the most commonly occurring infections in children, not only in India, but across the general population. It is believed to be one of the most common reasons for visits to a physician, as well as absenteeism from school, in Indian children….
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Download the free patient handout PDF near the end of this article! Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide problem, but is a particular major health threat to India, where bacterial disease burden is among the highest in the world and healthcare spending is low. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Antimicrobial…
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Giving prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to Cesarean incision instead of after umbilical cord clamping led to a 48% reduction in surgical site infections in a 96-month retrospective cohort study. “This study validates current practice in India where all operating surgeons, whether it is a small nursing home in…
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Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) guidelines recommending against the use of antibiotics for acute nonbloody diarrhea, many healthcare providers in India do so, according to a recently published study. “The main financial reason cited by the doctors in the study quoted is…
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While most patients who are hospitalized with fevers have viral infections, some have bacterial bloodstream infections that should be treated with the appropriate antibiotic agents. In India, as in other developing countries, access to laboratory analysis can be limited, and few studies have examined the incidence of community-acquired bacterial bloodstream…
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Antibiotic Resistance in India: Drivers and Opportunities for Action
Antibiotic resistance is a global public health threat, but nowhere is it as stark as in India. The crude infectious disease mortality rate in India today is 416.75 per…
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