Antibiotics misuse in Libya: observational study

• In: Posters: Community Pharmacy: Access to medicines
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS001
• By: ABDELAZEZ BUKHATWA, Salma (Faculty of Pharmacy / University of Benghazi, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Benghazi, Libya)
• Co-author(s): Trabelsi, Sara (Faculty of Pharmacy / Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi, Libya)
  Abduelmula, Afia (Faculty of Pharmacy / Libyan International Medical University, Benghazi, Libya)
  El Fakhri, Mustafa (Faculty of Medicine / University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Drug utilization studies conducted during the period 1991-2013 in Libya, have pointed out the irrational use of antibiotics as a common practice that costs the health system more than 7.7 million Libyan Dinars/year. Aims: To report both quantitatively and qualitatively the antibiotics prescribing trends in Libya. Setting: Community

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