Antibiotic stewardship benchmarking–Using the WHO point prevalence survey of antimicrobial prescribing in a Tertiary Care Public Hospital, Karachi
This study demonstrates that antibiotic utilization exceeded global averages, highlighting the urgent need to develop institutional antimicrobial guidelines, enhance stewardship programs, and improve diagnostic stewardship to curb AMR.
Authors
- Fakhsheena Anjum
- Syed Shaukat Ali Muttaqi Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4231-0838)
- Farah Saeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-9853)
- Ale Zehra
- Beenish Syed
- Tehrim Fatima
- Tehreem Ansari
Institutions
- Dow University of Health Sciences (PK)
- Al-Farahidi University
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342985
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00