Publications by authors named "Tauqeer Mustafa"
Background: Efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance, a growing public health problem in Pakistan, have been hampered by the lack of high-quality national and provincial-level antimicrobial consumption data. The singular objective of this retrospective study was to measure antimicrobial consumption over 3 years between 2019 and 2021.
Methods: The study was designed to estimate antimicrobial consumption at National and Regional levels.
Point prevalence probing of antimicrobial prescription patterns from a developing country.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights the irrational use of antibiotics in Pakistan, revealing that 78.5% of surveyed inpatients were prescribed antibiotics, predominantly ceftriaxone.
- The multi-centered survey, conducted in six public hospitals, identified key reasons for prescriptions as surgical prophylaxis and community-acquired infections, with a significant number of patients receiving multiple antibiotics.
- The results stress the need for improved antimicrobial stewardship programs and mentoring for clinical teams to promote more rational antibiotic use.