Perception and practice of self-medication with antibiotics among medical students in Sudanese universities: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The benefits of antibiotics are under threat by self-medication, which culminated in economic burdening of developing countries, treatment failures, the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria and an increased probability of exposure and infection of the general population by antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of medical students in Sudan towards the use of antibiotics, the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics among medical students in Sudan and to identify risk factors which promote self-medication with antibiotics.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and institution-based study, between November 2020 and May 2021.