2014
DOI: 10.5455/2319-2003.ijbcp20141227
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Study on drug utilization pattern of antibiotics among dermatology in-patients of a tertiary care teaching hospital, Karaikal, Puducherry

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“…Infectious disease like fungal infection topped the Table (8%). This disease pattern is comparable to the study conducted by CM Divysanthi et al in Karaikal 16 which showed similar reports. This shows that the incidence of the skin disease depends mostly on geographical location, genetic makeup as well as environmental factors.…”
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confidence: 81%
“…Infectious disease like fungal infection topped the Table (8%). This disease pattern is comparable to the study conducted by CM Divysanthi et al in Karaikal 16 which showed similar reports. This shows that the incidence of the skin disease depends mostly on geographical location, genetic makeup as well as environmental factors.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Non-infectious skin diseases, like dermatitis, topped by 19%, followed by Eczema (16%), lichen planus and urticaria (16% each). This disease pattern is comparable to the study conducted in Karaikal, which showed similar reports (Divyashanthi et al 2014, Wahane et al 2016. This shows that the incidence of the skin disease depends mostly on a geographical location, genetic makeup as well as environmental factors.…”
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confidence: 89%
“…This finding was similar to the studies conducted by Chakrawarty and Jaiswal 15 Sunderkotter et al, 22 Stevens et al, 10 and Moon 23 This may be due to higher safety, efficacy, and well-defined profile of adverse events and most of them are affordable. Topical antibiotics were prescribed in 75 patients, it was found that most commonly used topical antibiotic was mupirocin (40), and it was similar to the studies conducted by Khan et al, 13 Divyashanthi et al, 24 and Chakrawarty and Jaiswal, 15 but it was contrast to the study conducted by Pathak et al, 14 where clindamycin was most commonly prescribed.…”
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confidence: 58%