@article{Somagutta_Pormento_Hange_Iloeje_Jain_Ghazarian_Sasidharan_Sajjanagandla_Mahadevaiah_Mahmutaj_Hanan_2021, title={Antibiotics on the rise: Google trends as a monitoring tool in India}, volume={9}, url={https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/9216}, DOI={10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214810}, abstractNote={<p class="abstract">Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put enormous strains on health care and public sector resources globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The extensive and often inept use of antibiotics during the pandemic is suspected. Data from Google trends (GT) enables the assessment of Google users’ interest in a specific topic. A strong correlation between active COVID-19 cases and GT search terms of antibiotics (r=0.90) azithromycin (r=0.96) and doxycycline (r=0.93) were noticed with p<0.05. However, hydroxychloroquine (r=0.21) was not significant. Further investigation is needed to determine GT as a possible adjunctive monitoring tool for antibiotic use and formulate drug resistance patterns in India.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>}, number={1}, journal={International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health}, author={Somagutta, Manoj Reddy and Pormento, Maria K. L. and Hange, Namrata and Iloeje, Obumneme J. and Jain, Molly S. and Ghazarian, Klodin and Sasidharan, Nayana and Sajjanagandla, Gouthami and Mahadevaiah, Ashwini and Mahmutaj, Greta and Hanan, Saad}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={316–319} }