Antibiotic-Dispensing Patterns and Awareness of Anti-microbial Resistance Among the Community Pharmacists in South-Central India.

Background Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) is an ongoing epidemic contributing to extremely high healthcare costs and hospital admissions. Inappropriate dispensing of antibiotics is one of the root causes of AMR. Hence, our study aimed to assess antibiotic-dispensing patterns and AMR awareness among pharmacists from South-Central India.