Assessment of Antibiotic Utilization Pattern in Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea Diseases in Bishoftu General Hospital, Oromia Ethiopia

Table 3

Antibiotics prescription by age groups and stool characteristics for acute diarrhoea patients at Bishoftu General Hospital, Bishoftu town, from January 2015 to December 2015.

Variables					Frequency
Antibiotics prescribed	Age groups	Stool
		Watery	Bloody	Mucoid	Total
Yes	<5	108	25	41	174
	5–12	13	7	8	28
	13–40	17	6	4	27
	41–65	14	1	4	19
	>65	10	5	0	15
	Total	162	44	57	263
No	<5	10		4	14
	5–12	1		19	20
	13–40	1		2	3
	41–65	1		2	3
	Total	13	0	27	40

Note. Mixed watery and mucoid diarrhoea is grouped under mucoid.