PhD, Assistant Managing Director, faculty of medicine, Al Arab medical university. Benghazi, Libya
Editorial
Antibiotic abuse and development of bacterial resistance.
Author(s): Taha Subariya*
The aim of this literature review is to detect the rate of
the development of the antibiotic resistant bacteria and
the antibiotic abuse by either the healthcare providers
or the patients. Antibiotic abuse and the Resistance to
antimicrobial agents is a major health problem that
affects the whole world, Providing Information on the
past state of antimicrobial resistance in Libya may
assist the health authorities in addressing and reduce
the problem more effectively in the future. Data and
information were obtained from 1 article and 5
published studies about Libya by using (PubMed) and
(Google scholar) using the terms ?antibiotic resistant
bacteria? ?multidrug resistant bacteria in developing
countries? ?antibiotic abuse in north Africa? however the
data on Libya were very scarce. The term of multidrugresistant (MDR) is defined by the (NIH) as the acquired
non susceptibili.. View More»
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