Abstract
Background: Antibiotics/antimicrobials constitute a major tool against infectious diseases in India especially due to host and environment factors like malnutrition, multiple vitamin deficiencies, overcrowding, illiteracy, poverty, poor sanitary facilities, low standards of personal hygiene and inadequate vector control.
 Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire based study. It was done to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding antibiotic use and resistance. A pre-validated questionnaire prepared after a review of similar studies and scrutinized by subject experts has been used.
 Results: 80.00% of respondents agreed that antibiotic resistance is an important and serious public health issue in the hospital. 80.00% were aware that bacteria are not responsible for causing common cold and influenza.
 Conclusion: In our study, most of the students had good knowledge and were aware of the problem of antimicrobial resistance, but still used antibiotics for self-medication.
 Keywords: Knowledge, Medical student, Antibiotic.
Highlights
Rational approach to use of antibiotics/ antimicrobials has been on agenda
Background: Antibiotics/antimicrobials constitute a major tool against infectious diseases in India especially due to host and environment factors like malnutrition, multiple vitamin deficiencies, overcrowding, illiteracy, poverty, poor sanitary facilities, low standards of personal hygiene and inadequate vector control
80.00% of respondents agreed that antibiotic resistance is an important and serious public health issue in the hospital. 80.00% were aware that bacteria are not responsible for causing common cold and influenza
Summary
Rational approach to use of antibiotics/ antimicrobials has been on agenda. Appropriate and judicious use antimicrobial medicines is important for three reasons (a) Better therapeutic results (b) Saving costs (c) Minimize emergence of resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotics are used in dairy and poultry This widespread use has led to emergence of resistance of some bacteria to certain drugs from region to region. 3 There are guidelines about use of antibiotic/antimicrobial drugs at Global and national level. Indian OutPatient-Departments (OPDs) in teaching hospitals and health Centers are overcrowded and have no scope for culture sensitivity tests before prescribing antibiotics in the general settings. It is, all the more necessary to exercise diligence and follow protocols for diagnosis and appropriate selection of antibiotics thereafter
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