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Inappropriate antibiotic use in a tertiary care center in Thailand: an incidence study and review of experience in Thailand.

Apisarnthanarak A, Danchaivijitr S, Bailey TC, Fraser VJ

Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand 12120. anapisarn@yahoo.com

The incidence and patterns of and factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic use were studied in a tertiary care center in Thailand. The incidence of inappropriate antibiotic use was 25%. Admission to the surgical department (adjusted odds ratio, 2.0; P=.02) and to the obstetrics and gynecology department (adjusted odds ratio, 2.0; P=.03) were associated with inappropriate antibiotic use, whereas consultation with an infectious diseases specialist was protective against inappropriate antibiotic use (adjusted odds ratio, 0.15; P=.01).

Published 19 April 2006 in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(4): 416-20.
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