title: Prescription auditing and antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India.
abstract: This paper reports the antibiotic consumption data of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi and bacterial resistance over a seven-year period. Cephalosporins, penicillins and fluoroquinolones were the most widely prescribed antibiotics. A correlation was seen between Escherichia coli resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and increased cephalosporin use, as well as resistance to co-amoxyclav and its use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110061, India. chandwattal@sgrh.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wattal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Oberoi
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents