Patterns of antibiotic use in the community and challenges of antibiotic surveillance in a lower-middle-income country setting: a repeated cross-sectional study in Vellore, south India

Abstract

Patterns of antibiotic use varied across health facilities, suggesting that interventions should involve all types of health facilities. Although challenges were encountered, our study shows that it is possible to develop surveillance systems in LMICs and the data generated may be used to plan feasible interventions, assess impact and thereby contain resistance.