Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Pharmacists Regarding Antibiotic use and Infectious Diseases

Abstract

The efficient treatment of infectious illnesses is seriously threatened by the worldwide health issue of antibiotic resistance (Conly& Johnston, 2005; Gottlieb &Nimmo, 2011). In the end, this phenomena raises morbidity and mortality by increasing the use of resources, increasing clinical and financial burdens, and increasing the usage of broad-spectrum antibiotics (Collignon& McEwen, 2019). Human activity, especially the overuse and improper use of antibiotics in healthcare systems, has a significant impact on the spread of resistant bacteria (Jinks et al., 2016). The issue is made worse by inappropriate antibiotic usage, which frequently results from self-medication and the needless treatment of viral illnesses (Friedman, Temkin, &Carmeli, 2016).