Relationship between antimicrobial prescribing and antimicrobial resistance among UTI patients at Buraidah Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Alsohaim, Sulaiman I. A., Bawadikji, Abdulkader A. Bawadikji, Elkalmi, Ramadan Elkalmi, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76119/13/76119_Relationship%20between%20antimicrobial%20prescribing_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76119/2/76119_Relationship%20between%20antimicrobial%20prescribing_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76119/14/76119_Relationship%20between%20antimicrobial%20prescribing_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76119/; http://www.jpbsonline.org/showBackIssue.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2019;volume=11;issue=2;month=April-June

Most of the decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment are based on laboratory test results. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections in humans. The changing antimicrobial sensitivity in UTI requires appropriate antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging proble...