Although many
of infectious diseases can be prevented with improved personal hygiene,
immunization and environmental sanitation, antimicrobials are still the main
therapy for many of them. World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 80% ofantibiotics is used in the community, of which about 20-50% is used
inappropriately. As a result, WHO recommended involvement of the community in
tackling of antibiotic resistance through improving access to medical services,
reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics, taking a full course of treatment, not
sharing medications with other people, and not keeping part of the course for
another occasion.
Without
effective antimicrobial, diverse fields of medicine will be severely hampered,
including surgery, the care of premature infants, cancer chemotherapy, care ofthe critically ill and transplantation medicine. Inappropriate use of
antimicrobials leads to produce drug resistance which is one of the major
issues.
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