Most commonly prescribed antibiotics among the selected diagnoses groups presenting the prescribing occasions in DDDs/1000 patients at sixth level of the ATC classification
| Cardiovascular with no registered bacterial infection (Subgroup 1) n (%) | Cardiovascular with suspected bacterial infection (Subgroup 2) n (%) | Malaria or viral fever with no registered bacterial infection (Subgroup 3) n (%) | Malaria or viral fever with suspected bacterial infection (Subgroup 4)n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name; ATC code | TH | NTH | TH | NTH | TH | NTH | TH | NTH |
| Total DDDs/1000 patients | 2062 (99#) | 1456 (100) | 4514 (99#) | 3421 (100†) | 4480 (100†) | 3048 (100†) | 5432 (100†) | 5827 (100) |
| Doxycycline, J01AA02 | 491 (24) | 1030 (23) | 1463 (33) | 296 (10) | 2745 (51) | |||
| Ampicillin, J01CA01 | 68 (3) | 170 (4) | ||||||
| Amoxicillin, J01CA04 | 81 (6) | 435 (13) | ||||||
| Amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, J01CR02 | 566 (17) | 88 (3) | ||||||
| Piperacillin+tazobactam, J01CR05 | 34 (1) | |||||||
| Ampicillin+cloxacillin, J01CR50 | 217 (11) | 774 (17) | 191 (4) | |||||
| Cefuroxime, J01DC02 | 95 (3) | 136 (4) | ||||||
| Cefprozil, J01DC10 | 75 (5) | |||||||
| Cefotaxime, J01DD01 | 172 (8) | 46 (3) | 298 (7) | 59 (2) | 199 (4) | 96 (3) | 295 (5) | |
| Ceftriaxone, J01DD04 | 133 (6) | 558 (38) | 244 (5) | 907 (27) | 560 (13) | 1052 (35) | 164 (3) | 1402 (24) |
| Azithromycin, J01FA10 | 476 (8) | |||||||
| Gentamicin, J01GB03 | 44 (2) | 167 (4) | 81 (2) | |||||
| Amikacin, J01GB06 | 321 (6) | |||||||
| Ofloxacin, J01MA01 | 202 (7) | |||||||
| Ciprofloxacin, J01MA02 | 687 (33) | 141 (10) | 1057 (23) | 527 (15) | 1940 (43) | 602 (20) | 1185 (22) | 2886 (50) |
| Norfloxacin, J01MA06 | 201 (4) | 273 (5) | ||||||
| Levofloxacin, J01MA12 | 73 (5) | 202 (4) | 129 (4) | 145 (3) | ||||
| Cefoperazone+sulbactam, J01RA*83 | 92 (6) | 94 (3) | 90 (3) | 125 (2) | ||||
| Ceftriaxone+sulbactam, J01RA*84 | 228 (16) | 277 (8) | 199 (7) | |||||
| Ceftriaxone+tazobactam, J01RA*85 | 162 (11) | 156 (5) | 162 (5) | 250 (4) | ||||
| Metronidazole, J01XD01 | 139 (7) | 262 (6) | 95 (3) | 204 (5) | 91 (3) | 262 (5) | 367 (6) | |
| Metronidazole, P01AB01 (Oral) | 111 (5) | 109 (2) | 114 (3) | 172 (3) | ||||
#Total percentage of most commonly prescribed antibiotics is 99%.
†Rounding off the percentages to nearest integer made the total more than 100%.
ATC, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical; DDD, defined daily dose; n (%), number of prescriptions (percentage); NTH, non-teaching hospital; TH, teaching hospital.