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TITLE:

RATIONAL USAGE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS

AUTHORS:

Dr Bakhtawar Avais, Dr Usman Ali, Dr. Muhammad Zubair

ABSTRACT:

Background: Increasing trend of developing resistant strains and patterns among general population. Objective: Usage of clinical approach among underdeveloped medical healthcare systems where blood cultures are not test of ease so targeted approach of antibiotics with their usage in bacterial suspected cases only should be promoted. Duration of study: September 2018 to January 2019. Method: OPD cases of ARI’s were categorized into bacterial and viral. Viral suspected cases were given symptomatic treatment and bacterial suspected cases were given empirical regime of antibiotics. Non-resolved among viral suspected cases were given empirical regime of antibiotics and results were noted. Results: Total 1100 cases were categorized as ARI, 826 were labeled as viral while 274 as bacterial. The viral suspected cases were only given symptomatic treatment. 714 were resolved while 112 were not. They were then given antibiotics. 82 got resolved while 30 were not resolved. The bacterial suspected cases were given antibiotics. 243 got resolved while 31 did not. Key Words: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI).

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