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Table 2 Theme 'Interrelationship between antibiotic use, resistance development and environment'

From: Antibiotic use, resistance development and environmental factors: a qualitative study among healthcare professionals in Orissa, India

 

Interrelationship between antibiotic use, resistance development and environment

Categories

Influence of ecological factors on antibiotic prescription

Influence of presence of antibiotics in the natural environment leading to resistance development

Sub categories

Abiotic factors

Biotic factors

Antibiotics in the environment

Effect of presence of antibiotics in the environment

Codes

Physiography

Seasons

High temperature

Pollution

Biotopes

Population density

Water

Terrain

Air

Micro organisms

Aquatic organisms

Grazing animals

Rural people

Resistance