Chances and prevention of antibiotic resistance in primary health care: literature review

Authors

  • Omar B. Banamah Consultant of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guarg Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammed F. Alsamih College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Hatem H. Alshehri College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed A. Almutairi College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Saud M. Alowayfi College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Faisal M. Alshehri College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Mazen F. Alotaibi College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Saud H. Shuraym College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulaziz M. Alnojeam College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Meshari S. Alwadei College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammad A. Almohanna College of Medicine, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Duaa A. Simsim United Pharmaceutical Company, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210030

Keywords:

Antibiotic, Resistance, Primary care, Education, Prevalence, Prevention

Abstract

Many concerns have been expressed in the field of clinical practice regarding antimicrobial resistance since many infections with severe complications and bad prognosis have been described since the end of the last century. In primary healthcare facilities, the risks for developing high rates of antibiotic resistance is high, probably due to the high prevalence of bacterial infections in these places, and due to the overuse of antibiotics without any relevance of evidence of bacterial infections. For instance, people usually administer high doses of broad-spectrum antibiotics for non-severe, self-limiting respiratory tract infections. Moreover, for fighting bacterial infections, patients usually discontinue the treatment course once the symptoms of the disease were relieved. These factors among many others had led to the high prevalence of antibiotic resistance which may lead to serious complications. Many approaches are being made to reduce the resistance that has been reviewed in this review. These include optimizing the dosage and timing of antibiotics administration which can be achieved by more understanding of the pharmacology of the antibiotics. Moreover, training and education programs that target the prescribers and patients have been proven to be efficient in reducing the rates. These efforts are encouraged to last and target more people for more favorable outcomes.

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2021-01-27

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Banamah, O. B., Alsamih, M. F., Alshehri, H. H., Almutairi, A. A., Alowayfi, S. M., Alshehri, F. M., Alotaibi, M. F., Shuraym, S. H., Alnojeam, A. M., Alwadei, M. S., Almohanna, M. A., & Simsim, D. A. (2021). Chances and prevention of antibiotic resistance in primary health care: literature review. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(2), 875–880. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210030

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