International Journal for Research in Applied Sciences and Biotechnology(IJRASB)
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Epidemiology survey of antibiotics use in hospitals and veterinarian practices in northern regions of Cameroon

  • Author:
  • Mohamadou Mansour1,, Bamia Aline2, Gake Bouba3, Ngonde Essome Marie Chantal4, Mbakop Calixte Didier5, Koubala Benoit6, Dieudonné Désire M Adiogo7
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 9 to 16

1Assistant Research Officer, Medical Research Center of the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies of Cameroon, Cameroon

2PhD, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Western Brittany-France, Cameroon

3MD, Lecturer, Department of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science of Garoua, University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon

4Associate Research Professor, Medical Research Center of the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies of Cameroon, Cameroon

5MD, Clinical Biologist, Medical Research Center of the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies of Cameroon, Cameroon

6Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Maroua, Cameroon

7Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Doual, Cameroon

*Corresponding Author: elmansourmohamadou@yahoo.fr

Online published on 27 August, 2020.

Abstract

Antibiotics are used in veterinary practice as growth promoter to improve animal production and to control animal diseases. Routine antimicrobials consumption led to resistant-strains selection an spread within animals, their environment, farmers and animal products consumer. As for animals, antibiotics are widely recommended for bacterial infections in human medicine. By the same process, antibiotic-resistance emergence in human is current event. This is why in our study the aim was to assess antibiotic use frequencies in human and veterinary practices without previous antibiogram or species identification. We focused on cocci gram prositif infections in Cameroon northern regions. Our results revealed high rate of ceftriaxone (24%), amoxicillin (29%) and cloxacillin (14%) prescription by health practitionner for cocci gram positif and Staphylococci infections. In livestock Penicillin-streptomycin (42%) and oxytetracyclin (38%) are the most use for mastitis, penicillin-diclofenac mix and penicillin-streptomycin were frequently indicated for dermatosis. Antibiotics are widely prescribed in northern regions either in human or in veterinary medicine and may lead to antibiotic-resistance.

Keywords

Antibiotics, Human Medicine, Veterinarian Medicine, Resistance Emergence, Staphylococci