Antibiotic Prescribing in DR Congo: A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey among Medical Doctors and Students

Kamala Thriemer, Yves Katuala, Bibi Batoko, Jean-Pierre Alworonga, Hugo Devlieger, Christel Van Geet, Dauly Ngbonda and Jan Jacobs

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 2, 1-8

Abstract: Objectives: Antibiotic resistance (ABR) particularly hits resource poor countries, and is fuelled by irrational antibiotic (AB) prescribing. We surveyed knowledge, attitudes and practices of AB prescribing among medical students and doctors in Kisangani, DR Congo. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires. Results: A total of 184 questionnaires were completed (response rate 94.4%). Knowledge about AB was low (mean score 4.9/8 points), as was the estimation of local resistance rates of S. Typhi and Klebsiella spp.(correct by 42.5% and 6.9% of respondents respectively). ABR was recognized as a problem though less in their own practice (67.4%) than nation- or worldwide (92.9% and 85.5%, p

Date: 2013
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