Table 3. The perception and knowledge of antibiotic resistance among doctors, Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2012.

Question	Participants agreed/total participants (%)
Perception of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance is perceived as a problem
In general	372/385 (96.6)
At the global scale	323/386 (83.7)
At national level	288/383 (75.2)
In their hospital	251/385 (65.2)
In their practice	254/385 (66.0)
Antibiotics are overused
In hospitals and community	293/386 (75.9)
In their practice	180/382 (47.1)
In Vientiane capitala	216/261 (82.8)
In Sekonga	13/17 (76.5)
In Luangprabanga	35/57 (61.4)
In Khammuanea	29/51 (56.9)
In central hospitalsa	184/222 (82.9)
In provincial hospitalsa	35/55 (63.6)
In district hospitalsa	74/109 (67.9)
Perception of antibiotic quality
Agree that some antibiotics are of poor quality in the hospital	148/386 (38.3)
Generic drugs perceived as equivalent to branded drugs	191/378 (50.5)
Generic drugs perceived as substandard drugs	130/378 (34.4)
Generic drugs perceived as counterfeit drugs	21/378 (5.6)
Prescribe antibiotics by international nonproprietary name	213/386 (55.2)
Prescribe antibiotics by brand name	173/386 (44.8)
Knowledge of antibiotics and their usea
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus also resistant to cephalosporins	54/386 (14.0)
Metronidazole indicated for anaerobes	270/385 (70.1)
Amoxicillin as a safe antibiotic in the first three weeks of pregnancy	329/384 (85.7)
Ceftriaxone as empiric treatment for bacterial meningitis	303/385 (78.7)
Gentamicin requires dose reduction in patients with renal failure	100/386 (25.9)
Typhoid fever management according to national guidelines	302/386 (78.2)
Melioidosis management according to national guidelines	291/386 (75.4)
Non-febrile diarrhoea should not be treated with antibiotics	315/386 (81.6)
Erroneously reporting that upper respiratory tract infection should be treated with erythromycin	206/386 (53.4)

^a Participants only answered for the province/hospital in which they worked.