Abstract

PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF CEPHALOSPORINS IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS: A REVIEW ARTICLE

Syed Ayathullah*, Meenaz Asfin and Kameswari.G

ABSTRACT

Antibiotics are one of most common drugs prescribed in hospital today. It has been estimated that up to one third of all patients receive at least one antibiotics during hospitalization. The cost involved is therefore correspondingly high and up to 40% of a hospital’s drug expenditure may be devoted to the purchase of antibiotics. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very commonly noted entity in clinical practice. UTI is defined as the presence of bacteria in urine along with symptoms of infection. Antimicrobials are used commonly for urinary tract infection. But if they are used irrationally then it increase chances of resistance of bacteria as well as increase in duration of morbidity and total cost of therapy. Cephalosporins are now widely been used in UTI, but emerging resistance is a problem to that. The main objective of this study was to find prescribing pattern of Cephalosporins in Urinary tract infections.

Keywords: Cephalosporins, Resistance pattern, prescribing pattern, Urinary tract infection, E.coli.