Knowledge and attitude of physicians towards penicillin use

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to study the knowledge and attitude of physicians towards the use of penicillin to encourage its use in the treatment of infection. Physicians who accepted the penicillin use were 262, the i.m. route was preferred by 222 and crystalline penicillin was preferred by 116. Penicillin was considered to be effective by 230 and other antibiotics were used to treat tonsillitis by 227