Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics and Its Associated Factors among Urban and Rural Communities of Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia

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Abstract

Inappropriate use of antibiotics in the community plays a role in the emergence and spread of bacteria resistant to antibiotics which threatens human health significantly. The present study was designed to determine inappropriate use of antibiotics and its associated factors among urban and rural communities of Bahir Dar city administration.

Topics & Keywords

Antibiotic Use and Resistance Global Maternal and Child Health Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 10, Issue 9, pp. e0138179-e0138179

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138179

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