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Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand: An Incidence Study and Review of Experience in Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Somwang Danchaivijitr ,
Thomas C. Bailey  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Somwang Danchaivijitr
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Thomas C. Bailey
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

The incidence and patterns of and factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic use were studied in a tertiary care center in Thailand. The incidence of inappropriate antibiotic use was 25%. Admission to the surgical department (adjusted odds ratio, 2.0; P = .02) and to the obstetrics and gynecology department (adjusted odds ratio, 2.0; P = .03) were associated with inappropriate antibiotic use, whereas consultation with an infectious diseases specialist was protective against inappropriate antibiotic use (adjusted odds ratio, 0.15; P = .01).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , April 2006 , pp. 416 - 420
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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