{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,16]],"date-time":"2026-05-16T03:03:37Z","timestamp":1778900617604,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA)","issue":"251","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]],"date-time":"2022-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1656633600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is a global health problem. The widespread and improper antibiotics use is the leading cause of antimicrobial resistance. Bacterial co-infection in COVID-19 patients is the basis for the use of antibiotics in the management of COVID-19. COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted antibiotic stewardship and increased the global usage of antibiotics, worsening the antimicrobial resistance problem. The use of antibiotics among COVID-19 patients is high but there are limited studies in the context of Nepal. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of antibiotic use among hospitalised COVID-19 patients in a tertiary care centre.\nMethods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on hospitalised COVID-19 patients from April 2021 to June 2021 in a tertiary care centre. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 2078\/79\/05). The hospital data were collected in the proforma by reviewing the patient\u2019s medical records during the study period of 2 months. Convenience sampling was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated.\nResults: Among 106 hospitalised COVID-19 patients, the prevalence of antibiotic use was 104 (98.11%) (95.52-100, 95% Confidence Interval). About 74 (71.15%) of patients received multiple antibiotics. The most common classes of antibiotics used were cephalosporins, seen in 85 (81.73%) and macrolides, seen in 57 (54.81%) patients.\nConclusions: The prevalence of antibiotic use among hospitalised COVID-19 patients was found to be higher when compared to other studies conducted in similar settings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31729\/jnma.7394","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]],"date-time":"2022-07-01T18:03:09Z","timestamp":1656698589000},"page":"625-630","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Antibiotics Use in Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.31729","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Bibechan","family":"Thapa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9085-3135","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samyam Bickram","family":"Pathak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1089-6042","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nisha","family":"Jha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6797-4764","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Milesh Jung","family":"Sijapati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6105-5636","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pathiyil Ravi","family":"Shankar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"16919","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/7394\/4225","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/7394\/4225","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,17]],"date-time":"2022-07-17T18:15:32Z","timestamp":1658081732000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/view\/7394"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"251","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31729\/jnma.7394","relation":{},"ISSN":["1815-672X","0028-2715"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1815-672X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0028-2715","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]]}}}