Pattern of antibiotic prescription at the general practice clinic of the

摘要

ABSTRACT To assess the prescribing pattern of antibiotics used in the treatment of prevalent diseases in the general practice clinic, (GPC) University of Benin Teaching Hospital. A retrospective study of 406 case notes of patients who had an antibiotic prescription and attending the GPC for the first time between February 1 and April 30, 2007 was carried out.Demographic data, patient's complaints, physician's diagnosis and antibiotic prescription was loaded into Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and.