PRAZUCK T, MORINEAU G, BALLEREAU F, BRICARD-PACAUD V, CARBONNE P, LECOMTE A; Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Abstr Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Sep 17-20; 40: 507.
Orleans Regional Hosp., Orleans, France
Objectives: To check the quality of anti-infectious drugs available locally used in the treatment of STDs before the setting of a STD program in Myiktyina (Kachin State, Myanmar).METHODS: Twenty patent medicines corresponding to 9 antibiotics were randomly picked out from 5 GPs, 4 drug sellers and in the local hospital and analyzed in the WHO collaborative center on essential durgs (Nantes, France): benzathine benzylypenicillin, benzylpenicillin, ceftriaxone, chlortetracycline, ciprofloxacin, clotrimazole, cotrimoxazole, doxycycline and erythromycin.RESULTS: Thirty-five percent of these drugs came from India, 25% from China and 10% from Myanmar. Fifty percent of the controlled drugs did not contain the expected quantity of active constituent. The lack range from 14 to 48%. One of the drug did not contain the antibiotic expected. Thirty percent of non conform drugs came from China, 20% from India, 10% from Myanmar. Conclusion: Quality of antibiotics (including counterfeit) in low income countries could be poor and need to be controlled before the implementation of any program focusing on infectious disease treatment and prevention.KEYWORDS: Essential drugs; Myanmar; Quality control
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Keywords:
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Ceftriaxone
- China
- Chlortetracycline
- Ciprofloxacin
- Doxycycline
- Erythromycin
- France
- India
- Myanmar
- Penicillin G
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Quality Control
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination
- therapy
Other ID:
UI: 102248530
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