MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION MICROBES AND ANTIMICROBIALS, cilt.7, 2018 (ESCI)
Antibiotic consumption in the world and in our country. has reached alarm dimensions. This over-consumption has also made antibiotic resistance a major problem. Unfortunately, our country is one of the countries where antibiotic resistance is experienced. Serious efforts have been made in recent years to overcome these problems. However, there are still many distances to be taken. Today, evaluation of antibiotic consumption and consumption in hospitals is determined by antibiotic stewardship. In this report, antibiotics governance, antibiotic consumption in global and country-wide status, resistance data, evaluation of strategies to prevent resistance and measures to be taken are aimed.