Assessment of antibacterial drug utilization patterns and antibiogram in infectious diseases: a prospective cross-sectional study

Antibacterial drugs are successful in combating most types of infections. Irrational use and higher consumption of these drugs can give rise to the antibiotic resistance globally. To evaluate antibacterial drug prescribing patterns and antibiogram in infectious disease cases admitted to the hospital. A cross-sectional, observational study was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020 among inpatients ward at the hospital after ethical approval. All the data was analysed by the mean and percentage values using Microsoft excel. Out of 250 admitted patients, males and females were 156 (62